R (Skelton) v Senior Coroner for West Sussex and the Chief Constable of Sussex Police & Robert Trigg (interested parties) [2020] EWHC 2813 (Admin) Whilst many will be unsurprised to be told that a fresh inquest cannot reach a verdict inconsistent with an earlier homicide conviction, it is nevertheless reassuring to learn that a statutory […]
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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service v Veevers [2020] EWHC 2550 (Comm) Can a family’s inquest costs be recovered in a subsequent civil claim if an admission has been made prior to the inquest? If the admission has in fact been informal or equivocal, the answer may well be yes. The background This claim arose […]
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Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 37, 28.4.2020 The Chief Coroner has today released his further guidance to coroners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chief Coroner sets out when a report to a coroner must be made and when an inquest will and will not be required into a death from what is a naturally occurring disease. He […]
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R (Carole Smith) v HM Assistant Coroner for North West Wales [2020] EWHC 781 (Admin) The High Court has emphatically supported a Coroner’s decision not to record admitted, non-causative failings in an Article 2 inquest conclusion. The court’s observations about the proper content of a Record of Inquest (ROI) will be thought-provoking for all Coroners […]
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The steep increase in the number of deaths occurring outside hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic brings a concomitant rise in the number of deaths requiring verification in the community. Attending those who have died in the community clearly puts health care workers at increased risk of Covid-19 infection themselves. In response the NHS has put out guidance […]