R (T) v HM Senior Coroner for the County of West Yorkshire [2017] EWCA Civ 318 A young woman arrived at A&E with her mother. They were carrying a shoebox. Inside the shoebox was the body of a baby girl. The baby’s mother, aged 19, had kept her pregnancy a secret and delivered the child […]
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Shaw v Leigh Day (A firm) [2017] EWHC 825 QB Attention family representatives! Absolutely nooo pressure at all, it’s just that if you don’t get your client the closure they want out of an inquest, now you can be sued for damages for causing them distress. That is the effect of this recent High Court […]
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R (Duggan) v Asst Coroner North London and (1) Metropolitan Police Commissioner (2) Serious Organised Crime Agency (3) IPCC (4) DS Belfield (5) DC Faulkner (Interested Parties) [2017] EWCA Civ 142 Mark Duggan’s fatal shooting by Metropolitan Police officers gave rise to widespread public disorder across the country. The inquest jury’s finding that the cause […]
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The Judge-Coroner, HHJ Loraine-Smith, has now completed his investigation and inquests into the deaths of 30 British nationals who were killed in the terrorist attack at the beach resort of Sousse in Tunisia on 26th June 2015. His conclusions, that all victims were unlawfully killed, were handed down on 28 February and are attached here. Claire […]
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R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner South London [2017] EWCA Civ 31 Reading about the 1888 Victorian Railway Commissioners case when studying for the bar I always wondered what it might look like if the ‘floodgates’ so fiercely guarded by judges in those old judgments were actually prised open. Well now I know. The combination […]
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