Talk:Sadiq Khan

message: The crime and policing section shows that crime has been rising in London since Khan took office. While this is true up to 2019, for the past 4 years it has been falling - the homicide rate in particular has tailed off. The worst that has been in recent years was in 2003 (216 victims). In 2016 it was 116, 2019 it peaked at 153 (of which 94 were stabbings), 2022 was 110 (70 stabbings). Source: https://www.met.police.uk/sd/stats-and-data/met/homicide-dashboard/ Sciamachy (talk) 10:47, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to add another concern about this section: the claim about antisemitic crimes is misleading and inaccurate. The news story is referring to the period 1-18 October 2023 (compared to the same period in 2022), which includes the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attack on 7 October and the beginning of the Israeli bombardment. I've only just set up my account so can't edit - I'm neither a fan nor opponent of Khan, but given that many people will be visiting this page after his re-election was announced yesterday, I really think this should be changed. BearMandate (talk) 15:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

text: Also (I will try to find time to return and attempt this when I have editing rights) the solution to the concern about the crime rates (which now also appear not to have been updated for 5 years) might be to replace the text with a clear and simple table, so readers don't need to decode any narrative/interpretative presentation. BearMandate (talk) 15:53, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crime and Policing 

message: Hello, I've gone through the sources currently claiming cases Sadiq was involved in during his legal career and checked to see if the sources actually mention him as being involved. Heres my results:
* Bubbins vs The United Kingdom (European Court of Human Rights – shooting of an unarmed individual by police marksmen)
* HSU and Thompson v Met Police (wrongful arrest/police damages) -  this doesn't mention Khan.
* Reeves v Met Police (duty of care to prisoners)  this doesn't mention Khan.
* Murray v CAB (discrimination)  this goes to an article about sick days, not relevant to Murray v CAB at all
* Ahmed v University of Oxford (racial discrimination against a student)  this is a broken link
* Dr Jadhav v Secretary of State for Health (racial discrimination in the employment of Indian doctors by the health service)  doesn't mention khann, also appears to be a personal webpage/blog found a better source for this one
* CI Logan v Met Police (racial discrimination) 
* Supt Dizaei v Met Police (police damages, discrimination)Ali Dizaei this source doesn't mention Khan and is a wikipedia articlefound a better source for this one 
* Inquest into the death of David Rocky Bennett (use of restraints)
* Lead solicitor on Mayday demonstration 2001 test case litigation (Human Rights Act) this is a broken link
* Farrakhan v Home Secretary (Human Rights Act): in 2001, Khan represented the American Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in the High Court and overturned a ban on him entering the United Kingdom, first imposed in 1986. The government subsequently won on appeal.
* In February 2000, Khan represented a group of Kurdish actors who were arrested by Metropolitan Police during a rehearsal of the Harold Pinter play Mountain Language, securing £150,000 in damages for the group for their wrongful arrest and the trauma caused by the arrest.
* McDowell and Taylor v Met Police: Leroy McDowell and Wayne Taylor successfully sued the Metropolitan Police for assault and false imprisonment. this is a broken link
* Represented Maajid Nawaz, Reza Pankhurst and Ian Nisbet in Egyptian court when they were arrested on charges of trying to revive Hizb ut-Tahrir.
(Question marks for where I don't have access to that journal or that book)
I'll flag them on the page but personally I think the ones lacking a propper source should be removed entirely. -- D'n'B-t -- 09:18, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the ones I couldn't verify as they're all potentially contentious and no better sources were forthcoming. -- D'n'B-t -- 09:35, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source verification - legal case list