
Danny Shaw
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Commentator on policing, criminal justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent; former adviser to Yvette Cooper. My own views!
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NEW 7-year bitter legal battle between Metropolitan Police & Robyn Williams, the black ex-superintendent convicted of indecent image offence, is now being fought at an employment tribunal. Can Williams prove she was victimised or discriminated against? thetimes.com/article/aeed64…

Why wasn't Thomas Partey named as a suspect after his arrest? Really good explainer from Tom Morgan from The Telegraph about how legal judgments have changed the media's approach: telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Huge questions for MI5 - which repeatedly lied to the courts. It now needs a truly independent inquiry, not the sham reviews already commissioned. It’s only through the diligence of BBC journalist Daniel De Simone that we know about this : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Some defendants will be able to opt for judge-only trials under Sir Brian Leveson’s review, to be published on Wednesday… He will resurrect ideas he first proposed in 2015 in a review of the efficiency of criminal courts Story with Charles Hymas telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…

NEW Is this the end of Robyn Williams’ bitter 7-year battle with Metropolitan Police? Williams agreed to withdraw her employment tribunal claims, with her key witness due to testify & after the Met said it would not pursue her for its legal costs. thetimes.com/article/4c6744…

A significant & welcome development - openness & clarity from the IOPC. Their statement into a police shooting near Maidstone contains far more detail than is usual early on in such cases, including details of the police body-worn footage. Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) Kent Police (UK)

NEW For the second time in 25 years a Labour Government has a clear roadmap towards a streamlined & sustainable court system. It ducked the big changes needed last time - it can’t afford to do so again. My thoughts on Leveson for The Spectator : share.google/8D5EI2AhWrpL6L…