Archive for the Legislation Category

October 31, 2011 / Legislation, Physical restraint, Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / PBrereton

Death in Custody – Police to be held to account

Changes to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 have come into force recently mean that any death whilst in custody comes within the remit of this act. This means that not only t

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August 8, 2011 / Conflict Management, Legislation, NHS, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint, Self-defence, Tips / Darren Good

Get out of that. Wrist releases….

A friend of mine was telling me about an article he’d read on a solicitor's website about a care-worker who had won damages as a result of her claim for personal injury when a patient she was dealin

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July 26, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Legislation, NHS, News, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Violence / Darren Good

Company Directors charged under Corporate Manslaughter Act

I’ve been reading a few blogs recently about Lion Steel Ltd.who are the second company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 since its implementation. This i

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July 20, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Door Supervisor Training, Good Sense News, Legislation, News, Personal Safety, Violence / Darren Good

Doorstaff arrested on suspicion of murder

I want to share with you a tragic and ongoing situation that raises a number of interesting points for me around physical intervention strategies when dealing with conflict. The situation concerns fou

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April 21, 2010 / Legislation, Violence / Darren Good

Why do police value a proven criminal’s statement the same as an innocent man?

I read an interesting story yesterday about a man, Mr Roberts from Nottingham, who protected his mother’s home by stabbing two burglars. The man had been charged with murder but he was acquitted thi

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