Death Investigation: Coroners and Inquests This short course for lawyers, coroners and medical professionals will be held at King’s College London from 11 March to 8 April 2025 Course Director: Sir Peter Thornton KC the first Chief Coroner of England and Wales & Visting Professor at King’s College London Course content: The course will consist of a series […]
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CERTIFICATE (CPD) IN CORONIAL SERVICES: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PART-TIME / ONLINE 1 YEAR STUDY PROGRAMME: COMMENCING 2024-25 The Cert(CPD) Coronial Services: Professional Practice at the University of Bolton is a specialised part-time programme that provides current and aspiring coroners’ officers with professional knowledge and skills. Aimed at those currently working in or aspiring to join the coronial services.This […]
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Sammut and ors v Next Steps Mental Health Care & Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265 (KB), 2 September 2024. Judgment here Anyone who thought the issue of the engagement of Article 2 and health care might now be settled after Maguire[1] was being over-optimistic. There seem to remain a myriad […]
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Morris v Morris, Shmuel and White [2024] EWHC 2554 (Ch), 9 October 2024, Judgment here. On occasions a coroner may be faced with a case where the issue of another person aiding the deceased to take their own life arises. Whilst suicide has long been decriminalised, assisting someone to end their life remains a criminal […]
HM Senior Coroner for Cornwall And the Scilly Isles [2024] EWHC 2673 (Admin). 22 October 2024. Judgment here Where a Coroner has conducted an inquest and, through no fault of their own, done so on the basis of an incomplete picture of the circumstances surrounding the death, both the interests of the bereaved and the […]