Why won’t the police investigate my complaint until related court proceedings are complete?
If there are pending court proceedings associated with your complaint, it is possible that the police will choose to suspend an investigation into your complaint until after those court proceedings are complete. This is because of what is sometimes called subjudice rule (which means ‘before the court’), Complaint investigations are sometimes suspended in this way in order not to prejudice a future criminal trial or, in the case of a jury trial, not to influence the jury. Where you are the person who will be subject to those related to court proceedings you may be able to waive your right to have the investigation into your complaint suspended. You should consider taking legal advice before doing this. In some circumstances the police may still, after consulting with the Crown Prosecution Service, decide to suspend the investigation of your complaint even though you don’t want them to. If the investigation into your complaint is suspended, you should contact the police force concerned t
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