The University of Bolton Coronial Law Course is a pioneering and unique series of professional development lectures delivered in partnership with the School of Law. A series of lectures, seminars and a mock inquest will presented on a number of dates in 2019 by experts in Coronial Law. The course is held in Bolton and Sheffield – further details are […]
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R (Paul Worthington) v Senior Coroner for Cumbria [2018] EWHC 3386 (Admin), 11.12.2018 Many will recall the much publicised judicial review brought by the Adath Yisroel Burial Society[1], which led to the Senior Coroner for Inner North London’s “cab rank” burial policy being quashed. When it came to costs, the Court held that the Coroner […]
R (Worthington) v Senior Coroner for Cumbria [2018] EWHC 3386 (Admin), 11.12.2018 When public funding for deserving families at inquests is so hard to come by it is mystifying how the Legal Aid Agency can make a decision to spend their limited funds on an apparently unmeritorious challenge to inquest conclusions by one who was […]
The Senior Coroner for Inner West London, Dr Fiona Wilcox, has made a report to prevent future deaths[1] (a “PFD report”) in connection with her investigation into deaths following the Grenfell Tower fire. Her report, issued on 19 September 2018, is a good illustration of the potential breadth of a coroner’s powers: the report focuses […]
In the matter of Hugh Jordan [2018] NICA 34, 15.10.2018 As the ongoing Maughan[1] litigation focuses minds on the standard of proof applicable for a suicide finding at an inquest, it is perhaps surprising how little thought is given to the issue of the burden of proof at an inquest. However, in the latest episode […]
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