Inquest Law Seminars Barristers from Serjeants’ Inn Chambers are available to present lectures and seminars on all aspects of Inquest Law. Our experienced inquest counsel, three of whom also sit as Assistant Coroners, are available to provide in-house training around the country whether small workshops at solicitors offices or at larger national meetings Recent seminars that have been […]
R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner Oxfordshire and others [2018] EWHC 1955 (Admin), 26.7.2018 In a roller-coaster judgment the High Court has revolutionised the approach to the conclusion of suicide in the coroner’s courts and has determined that whether the deceased died as a result of suicide is to be determined on the civil standard […]
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Deepcut inquest findings of fact and conclusions HH Peter Rook QC has today handed down his findings of fact and conclusions in respect of the inquest into the death of Private Sean Benton, a trainee soldier, at Deepcut Army Barracks on 9 June 1995. He has concluded that Sean died as a result of suicide […]
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R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner Kent, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Dr Hijazi (Interested Parties) [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin), 15.6.2018 In a tour de force judgment, that deserves plaudits for its several pages of lucid exposition of the application of Art 2 in respect of deaths associated with medical treatment, the Divisional Court […]
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R (Lyttle) v (1) Attorney General (2) HM Senior Coroner for Preston [2018] EWHC, 25.5.2018 In a useful reminder of the constitutional position of the Attorney General, this Administrative Court decision has made it clear that should the Attorney General refuse to give a fiat this will be the end of the road for any […]