Procedural Notes from the Birmingham Pub Bombings and Deepcut Inquests We all like a free helping hand, and so at the UKIL Blog we are happy to be able to share with the blogosphere the recent wisdom of two ‘Judge Coroners’ who have drawn up route maps to determining complicated procedural issues arising in their […]
R v Lawrence [2019] Wimbledon Magistrates Court The unprecedented tale of “Dr.” Duncan Lawrence and his withholding of information from a coroner about his involvement in the death of the teenager Sophie Bennett has already gripped the headlines. This highly unusual criminal prosecution of a healthcare staff member who failed to give evidence at an […]
Ministry of Justice/ONS, 9.5.2019 One death is a tragedy; half a million – well, 541,627 to be precise – is a statistic. The Coroners Statistics Annual Bulletin 2018 (which covers the year to end of 2018) has just been released. It is, as always, an invaluable guide to the workload of coroners around the country […]
R (Maughan) v Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire, the Chief Coroner as intervenor (and INQUEST as an interested party) [2019] EWCA Civ 809 After the seismic shift that followed Maughan in the Divisional Court it was remarkable that no one seemed to be predicting any aftershocks when the Court of Appeal considered the case. After all, […]
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AB v Assistant Coroner for Inner South London CO/663/2019, 1.5.2019 The Extinction Rebellion protests are a forceful reminder, if any were needed, of how our planet is rapidly becoming more polluted with potentially worrying consequences for all who live on it. Clean air is one of the most basic requirements of a healthy environment for […]
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