The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care v (1) NMC (2) Anne Ndlovu [2019] EWHC 1181 (Admin), 9.5.2019 It is rare that healthcare staff are seriously dishonest in their evidence to an inquest, although sadly such conduct does at times happen. Even when criminal prosecutions are not subsequently pursued, this recent appeal is […]
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R (Chidlow) v Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Flyde [2019] EWHC 581 (Admin), 12.3.2019 Humans’ bodies being such complex organisms it is unsurprising that medical causation is often extremely complicated and that the law regarding the legal causation of medical injuries can be particularly convoluted. Indivisible injuries, multifactorial causation, material contribution, loss of a chance […]
What does the Government’s ‘Final Report: Review of Legal Aid for Inquests’ mean for Advocates? This report was published in February 2019. The section entitled ‘Making sure inquests remain inquisitorial’ at paragraphs 184 – 202 is particularly worth reading. The estimated cost of providing representation for families at inquests where the state is represented (a […]
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In the matter of Steponaviciene’s Application [2018] NIQB, 16.11.18 As coroners, lawyers and the bereaved wait to find out how the Court of Appeal will decide the Maughan case this coming April[1], a decision from across the Irish Sea has looked in detail at the English and Welsh Divisional Court’s decision in Maughan and found […]
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For the first time, the Coroners Society of England and Wales has invited fellow professionals who are not coroners to attend on the Friday of its Annual Conference – 27 September 2019 held in Essex. A programme including eminent speakers will address ‘Responding to the challenge of terrorism’. The meeting will be of interest to lawyers, doctors, pathologists, police, […]
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