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 […]
R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley & St Helens and the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin) 23 July 2025 – judgment here Q1: What strength of evidence will make it arguable that an article 2 duty has arisen and/or make it arguable that a duty has been breached, […]
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R (Drysdale) v HMAC Manchester (South) [2025] EWHC 1850 (Admin) 18 July 2025, judgment here To what extent an inquest must investigate possible causes of death is often a perplexing question. Until oral evidence is explored in a hearing it may not be known whether a possibility will crystallise into probability and so lend itself […]
His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for West Yorkshire (Western District) [2025] EWHC 1672 (Admin) 3 July 2025. Judgment here This Divisional Court judgment recounts what should have been a completely uncontroversial application under s.13 Coroners Act 1988 for a fresh inquest. Some highly relevant evidence had come to light which was not before the Coroner at […]
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