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New Guidance No. 22 on PIRHs and revised Guidance No. 17 on Conclusions

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Today the Chief Coroner published new guidance on Pre-Inquest Review Hearings (PIRHs) and revised guidance on coroner’s conclusions (Guidance No.17 (as amended)). The newly published guidance on PIRHs reaffirms the guidance already provided in the cases of: Brown v HM Coroner for Norfolk [2014] Inquest Law Reports 91, Shafi v HM Coroner East London [2015] […]

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When can a Coroner re-open their own decision to refuse to hold an inquest?

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Flower v HM Coroner for Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon [2015] EWHC 3666 (Admin) 16.12.2015 In a welcome clarification of the extent of a Coroner’s powers to re-open an inquest after having decided not do so, the Divisional Court has confirmed that, where an investigation has been suspended pending criminal proceedings, and a Coroner […]

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Why a s.13 application will not get round the Judicial Review time limits

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Jones v HM Coroner for Gwent and others [2015] EWHC 3178 (Admin) 5 Nov.15 The Divisional Court this week made clear the limits of s.13 Coroners Act 1988 when seeking to overturn and inquest. Where Judicial Review is the correct vehicle to challenge the decision of a Coroner then the failure to bring such a […]

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