Police are failing to arrest domestic violence suspects who breach bail conditions because of "shocking" confusion following a controversial legal ruling, the shadow home secretary has claimed.
The judgment on police bail in May overturned 25 years of police practice, meaning officers can no longer bail suspects for more than four days without either charging or releasing them.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said: "It's causing huge pressures for the police who are now having to review and reassess huge numbers of cases.
"We think there are likely to be over 1,000 domestic violence suspects alone currently out on police bail.
"Those bail conditions maybe not to go to their ex-wife's work place for or not to go back to the victim's home - the police are now worried about whether or not they can enforce them."
Three Supreme Court judges will on Monday consider an application to stay the decision, which could put the ruling on hold until the full appeal is heard at the same court on July 25.
The Government has already announced emergency legislation to deal with the problem, with MPs pledging cross-party support.
The row started when district judge Jonathan Finestein, sitting at Salford Magistrates' Court, refused a routine application from Greater Manchester Police for a warrant of further detention of murder suspect Paul Hookway on April 5.
High Court judge Mr Justice McCombe confirmed the ruling in a judicial review on May 19, which meant time spent on police bail counted towards the maximum 96-hour limit of pre-charge detention, after which Home Office officials were told about the problems.
Ms Cooper attacked the Home Office's reaction when Policing Minister Nick Herbert made an emergency statement to the Commons last week.
