R v Kadir [2022] EWCA Crim 1244, 21 September 2022. (judgment here) Not a true headline – but one we might well see if the coronial world remains as ignorant as this blogger was until yesterday of the requirement to seek approval from a foreign state before hearing any live oral evidence from abroad.[1] The […]
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Davison v HM Senior Coroner for Hertfordshire [2022] EWHC 2343 (Admin) 15 September 2022 (judgment here) There is little new law in an inquest being quashed and a fresh inquest being ordered after new expert evidence has been obtained. What is particularly unusual in this case is that the independent expert evidence upon which the […]
R (Patton) v Assistant Coroner for Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire [1] [2022] EWHC 1377 (Admin) (here) 7 June 2022. Consideration of the, still evolving, Art 2 procedural duty in respect of inquests will often demand an intricate analysis of several different strands from judicial precedents that then need to be woven together to establish a nuanced […]
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Lee v Assistant Coroner for County Durham and Chief Constable of Durham [2022] High Court QBD (CO/4066/2021) here The tragic death of Dylan Lee is a distressing case. Dylan was only 19 years old when he took his own life by hanging himself at his family home. Before his death Dylan’s family were said to have been the […]
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In the matter of Downey [2021] NIQB 108 (here) There is much to be learned from this recusal application, that was founded on the Coroner having allegedly expressed a decided view regarding an important legal point before he had received the written submissions he had invited on the issue. Despite a High Court judge initially having ‘significant […]
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