In the matter of an application by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for Judicial Review [2025] UKSC 47. Judgment 17 December 2025 here More than 20 years ago 25-year-old Liam Thompson was shot and killed near a gap in a peace line separating nationalist and unionist neighbourhoods in Belfast. No one has ever […]
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R (Rizvi) v HM Assistant Coroner for South London [2025] EWHC 3014 (Admin) judgment 17th Nov 2025 here It has been a long journey for Mrs Rizvi who may now have exhausted all avenues in her attempts to show that the police breached an Article 2 duty owed to her daughter. Twelve and a half […]
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A London NHS Trust v DT (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and YT [2025] EWCOP 36. 21 October 2025, Judgment here Just occasionally a judgment from another jurisdiction can make you scratch your head very hard if you try and look at it through coronial eyes. This recent decision from the Court of Protection […]
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HM Senior Coroner for South London v Alexei [2025] EWHC 2768 (Admin), 7 October 2025, judgment here The question of which evidence to call at an inquest is a matter for the coroner alone. The coroner should call sufficient evidence and conduct a sufficient inquiry to answer the statutory questions. However, the Courts have repeatedly […]
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This specialist one-day advocacy training course is presented by The Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Greater Manchester Wednesday 4 September 2025 In person venue: Army & Navy Club, Central London and online Click here for full details or Click here to book This highly practical course is designed for barristers and solicitors representing […]