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Healthcare providers face significant legal obligations when patient care falls short of expected standards. Understanding the duty of candour framework is essential for medical professionals...

The Administrative Court has delivered a significant judgment clarifying that the Home Office Crime Recording Rules (HOCA) do not govern police retention of information on local databases. In a case involving an autistic eight-year-old child, the court emphasized that retention decisions must be made under the College of Policing's guidance, requiring individualized assessments of necessity and proportionality rather than relying on crime recording statistics frameworks.