R (Roome) v Senior Coroner for Gloucestershire & TikTok Info Tech UK Ltd. [2026] EWHC 1808 (Admin) 16 July 2026 – judgment here. Social media is not just an important aspect of many people’s lives, but may also provide an important insight into how they came by their death. This latest High Court judgment provides an […]
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UCPI Designated Lawyer Officers Core Participant Group v Sir John Mitting (Chairman of the Undercover Policing Inquiry) [2026] EWHC 1394 (Admin) (judgment here) 9 June 2026 Anyone who thought that disappearing abroad would provide a procedural invisibility cloak if an Inquiry chair or Coroner wanted to hear their evidence is now going to have to […]
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Chief Coroners Guidance for Coroners on the Bench – Updated 10 May 2026 here A series of updates to the Chief Coroners ‘Bench Book’ have just been published. As the Chief Coroner made clear at its initial publication her Guidance for Coroners on the Bench is intended to be an internet based resource. Printing a […]
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R (O’Brien) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens [2026] EWCA Civ 499 (22 April 2026) here. The Court of Appeal has handed down some useful guidance on how to approach the thorny issue of causation in deaths where domestic violence has been a factor and there had been previous contact with […]
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