Prior v Comr of Police of the Metropolis

Subject Matter

POLICE — Remuneration — Overtime — Specialist protection officers retaining firearms on overnight stays with principal — Whether on duty throughout night and entitled to overtime payments — Whether “held in reserve” and entitled to “away from home” allowance — Police Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/527), reg 25

[2021] EWHC 2672 (QB); [2022] ICR 398; [2021] WLR(D) 533, QBD

POLICE — Remuneration — Allowances — Specialist protection officers on overnight stays when travelling with their principals — Whether serving away from “normal place of duty” — Whether “held in reserve” and entitled to “away from home” allowance

[2023] EWCA Civ 32; [2023] ICR 508; [2023] WLR(D) 31, CA

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