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Application for an inquest into Alfie Evans’ death is “totally without merit”

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R (Allman) v HM Senior Coroner for Liverpool and Wirral  CO/3230/2018, 25.9.18 The short and desperately tragic life of Alfie Evans, and his parents’ heart-rending fight to have him transferred to Rome for continuation of his life sustaining treatment, has recently been fully played out in the public arena. The public hearings in the High […]

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Inquest into the deaths of the Westminster Terror Attack: Sebastian Naughton acts for NHS Trust

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The Chief Coroner, HHJ Mark Lucraft QC, is holding the Inquests into the deaths of the four victims of the Westminster Bridge attack and the Police Officer killed within the Palace of Westminster in March 2017. Sebastian Naughton of Serjeants’ Inn Chambers is representing one of the NHS Trusts who provided care to victims of […]

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Bridget Dolan QC and Michael Walsh advise Senior Coroner in digital autopsy service

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Bridget Dolan QC and Michael Walsh have been advising the Senior Coroner for Preston and Lancashire on the legal aspects of setting up an innovative, radiologist-led, non-invasive post mortem “digital autopsy” service in Lancashire, as described in this article from the Health Service Journal. Innovations in post-mortem scanning techniques, including the use of targeted coronary angiography,  mean […]

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Costs against Coroners: Paying for a cab rank rule

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R (Adath Yisrosl Burial Society and anor) v HM Senior Coroner Inner North London (Costs) EWHC 1286 (Admin), 25.6.2018 In the closing chapter of a case that has attracted wide media comment, the Divisional Court has now considered whether costs should be awarded against the North London Coroner, whose ‘cab rank’ policy for addressing the […]

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