The Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing is going to make a ruling on disclosure of evidence and protection of identity. The police - supported by the Home Office and Cabinet Office - have said they want to have large parts of this "public" inquiry held in secret and intend to use their "Neither Confirm Nor […]
A fifth preliminary hearing will consider the legal approach to be taken in relation to applications for restriction orders under section 19 of the Inquiries Act 2005, including, for example, applications for measures to protect identity and applications for restrictions on the disclosure and publication of evidence. This hearing will take place in court 73 of […]
The Undercover Policing Inquiry was appointed following revelations that undercover police officers kept lawful political campaigns under surveillance, assumed the identities of deceased children and deceived women into having sexual relationships. This meeting will hear from three speakers who are directly involved: 'Alison' gave evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on her experience of […]
At this two-day conference on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 April 2016, an impressive line up of speakers will examine the role and impact of undercover policing and the surveillance of protest groups and 'suspect communities'. About the conference Government policy continues to invent and punish ‘suspect and targeted communities’ and frustrate genuine attempts to hold its agencies […]
Lord Justice Pitchford This Pitchford Inquiry hearing will consider whether it is appropriate for the Inquiry to seek undertakings from the Attorney General and possibly others in relation to the use to which evidence given to the Inquiry can be put in any future criminal investigations, criminal prosecutions or disciplinary proceedings.
On Wednesday at 10:30am in the High Court, lawyers for construction firms involved in blacklisting will be reading out their public apology. There are two versions of the statement - one of them states that the claimants agree that the firms apology is sincere, that the compensation is fair and reasonable and that those affected […]
Mark 'Marco' Jacobs Although seven women deceived into intimate relationships with undercover police settled their case last November, and another one a year earlier, there are still several similar cases continuing. The group of three activists in Cardiff that are taking legal action against the police for the deployment of Marco Jacobs in the South Wales […]
Lord Justice Pitchford Stealing the identity of a dead child was mandatory for Special Demonstration Squad officers for around 20 years. From the mid 1970s onwards, it was the foundation of the fake identity, and about fifty officers are understood to have done it. In 1999, one of first (if not the very first) officers […]
This two day conference, organised by Blacklist Support Group (BSG) and the Work & Employment Research Unit (WERU) at the University of Greenwich supported by New Internatinalist and Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, will reveal and discuss the hidden injuries of the modern workplace which are often neglected by mainstream media and academia. A key aim […]
A new documentary by producer Tom Wood from Reel News, with original and archive footage to tell the hidden story of blacklisting in the UK over the past 100 years. Followed by Q&A plus an afterparty. ALL WELCOME The new, expanded and updated edition of the Blacklisting book will be published on the same day. […]