R (Carr & Glaister) v HM Assistant Coroner for North Wales (East & Central) [2024] EWHC 1983 (Admin). 30 July 2024. (decision here). As Coroners are slipping on their flip flops and slapping on the suncream, they can go off on holiday happy in the knowledge that it has again been formally stated by the […]
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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust v The Mother of G [2024] EWHC 1288 (Fam) Generally coroners will not be involved in a case until the fact of death is clear (advance consultation in organ donation cases perhaps being the notable exception). But for those rare times when there may be a dispute about […]
Parkin v HM Asst Coroner Inner London (East), and London Borough of Havering and North East London NHS Foundation Trust (interested parties) [2024] EWHC 744 (Admin) In the context of Article 2, the State’s obligation to take appropriate steps to safeguard the lives of citizens is a constantly evolving jurisprudence. The categories of cases giving […]
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A 2021 study from the University of Surrey School of Law looking at gender and seniority of counsel before the UK’s highest court[1] (here) has shown that women are under-represented as leading advocates, especially in major civil and Business and Property Courts litigation before the Supreme Court. Whilst there are some reassuring findings within the […]
Henry Gargan’s and Edward Butler’s Application [2023] NIKB 103 Although often overshadowed by the Bloody Sunday killings a few weeks earlier, the Springhill killings of 9 July 1972 still stand out as one of the most notorious events during the troubles. The five people shot dead in Belfast that day included three teenagers and a Catholic priest, who was said to have been waving […]
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