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West Midlands Police Cleared Their Own Officer Over the Broad Street Arrest, Then Asked Everyone to Stop Watching A 90-second clip filmed on Broad Street on 21 June has been…
The day after Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life for murdering Henry Nowak, a prosecutor stood up in Southampton Magistrates’ Court and asked for more time, because the Crown hadn’t…
West Yorkshire Police recorded 203 arrests and 3,088 officer deployments at Leeds Festival between 2022 and 2025, newly disclosed Freedom of Information data shows. (Source: The Freedom of Information request,…
A High Court judge has declared an £8 million libel claim against tax commentator Dan Neidle to be a strategic lawsuit against public participation, the first time the statutory definition…
Defamation Law UK: The Absolute Defence of Truth and What Actually Protects You Law & Rights · 4 March 2026 · 10 min read Defamation in the UK: The Absolute…
FOI Investigation · Speed Enforcement A Freedom of Information request to West Yorkshire Police has produced one of the most detailed public datasets on UK speed enforcement ever released. The…
![Screenshot of paragraphs 3 to 6 of the Supreme Court judgment in Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17. The text explains that Timothy Hayes ran software companies which employed Michael Willoughby, that they fell out, and that Willoughby then began an obsessive campaign. It records more than 400 communications with the Official Receiver, police, DTI and other bodies alleging fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion, all rejected after investigation. It also describes three intrusive acts into Hayes’s private life, including using confidential information from his ex-wife about his mental and emotional health, suggesting to Hayes’s GP that sick notes were forged, and leaving a voicemail for Hayes’s US landlord on the eve of his bankruptcy asking if money was owed.](https://thereasonableadjustment.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Hayes-V-Willoughby-Bailli-1024x432.png)
Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17 is one of the key UK Supreme Court decisions on the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. On the surface, it looks like a case…
Harassment is not a magic word In modern Britain, “harassment” gets thrown around a lot. A customer sends follow up emails about a complaint. A tenant keeps contacting a housing…
Legal writing often sounds harder than it is. Sometimes that is because the issue is genuinely complex. A lot of the time, though, it is just ordinary ideas wrapped in…