The Ninth Annual Leeming Lecture: Doctors for the Living; Doctors for the Dead Hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law, University of Greater Manchester Professor Paul Marks – Retired HM Senior Coroner Tuesday 10 November 2026 | 5.00 pm (GMT) Online on MS Teams The Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of […]
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R v Jerome Gibson [2026] EWCA Crim 1302, 22 September 2026, judgment here. The Court of Appeal has issued a stark warning about the use of artificial intelligence in criminal proceedings after discovering that a police officer used Microsoft Copilot to generate a victim personal statement (‘VPS’) designed to maximise emotional impact and so influence […]
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Bains v Arsalan & Anor (Funeral Arrangements) [2026] EWHC 1597 (Fam), Peel J 23 June 2026. Judgment here What happens when the person ordinarily entitled to arrange a child’s funeral is the person convicted of murdering her? That was the issue Peel J had to consider in this case looking at the relationship between the […]
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Re Margaret Drake’s Application for Judicial Review [2026] NICA 17 (judgment here) The Northern Ireland Court of Appeal has revisited a tricky question in inquisitorial proceedings: when the bereaved have obtained their own expert report for an inquest and decide against relying upon it, can the coroner compel its production? As is often the case, the […]
Commencing Thursday 15th October 2026 The Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Greater Manchester has announced that the highly successful Coronial Law ‘Short Course’ will be offered again, starting on Thursday, 15th October 2026. All (seven) sessions are conducted live via Microsoft Teams from 18:00 to 20:30. Designed for practitioners working in, […]
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