Hearings
17 May 1989 [1989] 1 WLR 1077, CA
R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Merrill
Subject Matter
POLICE — Disciplinary procedure — Delay — Complaint against police officer — Complainant charged with criminal offence — Police officer not served with notice of complaint until after complainant's trial — Whether notice of complaint served “as soon as … practicable” — Police (Discipline) Regulations 1985, reg 7
Legislation Considered
Statutory Instruments
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Merrill [1989] 1 WLR 1077, CA
R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Calveley [1986] QB 424; [1986] 2 WLR 144; [1986] 1 All ER 257, CA [1986] QB 424, 432
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Merrill [1989] 1 WLR 1077, CA
R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Calveley [1986] QB 424; [1986] 2 WLR 144; [1986] 1 All ER 257, CA
R v Inland Revenue Comrs, Ex parte Preston [1985] AC 835; [1985] 2 WLR 836; [1985] 2 All ER 327; [1985] STC 282; 59 TC 1, HL(E)
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Merrill [1989] 1 WLR 1077, CA
Dictum of Lord Donaldson MR applied in R v Bow Street Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex parte Director of Public Prosecutions (1989) 91 Cr App R 283, DC
Cases citing
Cases citing: R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police, Ex parte Merrill [1989] 1 WLR 1077, CA
Attorney-General’s Reference (No 1 of 1990) [1992] QB 630; [1992] 3 WLR 9; [1992] 3 All ER 169; 95 Cr App R 296, CA
Bonnard (R on the application of) v Sharpling [2012] EWHC 3384 (Admin), QBD
Dr I Alexandridis v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 992 (Admin), QBD
Eckland v Chief Constable of the Avon and Somerset Constabulary [2021] EWCA Civ 1961; [2022] ICR 606; [2022] WLR(D) 15, CA
Independent Police Complaints Commission v Chief Constable of West Mercia [2007] EWHC 1035 (Admin), QBD
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care v General Pharmaceutical Council [2024] EWHC 3005 (Admin), KBD
R (AM (Cameroon)) v Asylum and Immigration Tribunal [2008] EWCA Civ 100; [2008] 1 WLR 2062; [2008] 4 All ER 1159, CA
R (Ali) v Police Appeals Tribunal [2022] EWHC 646 (Admin); [2022] ICR 949; [2022] WLR(D) 140, QBD
R (Gray) v Police Appeals Tribunal [2018] EWCA Civ 34; [2018] 1 WLR 1609; [2018] WLR(D) 38, CA
R (London Oratory School) v Schools Adjudicator [2015] EWHC 1155 (Admin); [2015] CN 714, QBD
R (O'Connor) v Police Appeals Tribunal [2018] EWHC 190 (Admin), QBD
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Redgrave (R on the application of) v Metropolitan Police Comr [2002] EWHC 1074 (Admin), QBD
Redgrave (R on the application of) v Metropolitan Police Comrs [2002] EWHC 171 Admin, QBD