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The High Court dismissed a judicial review of a coroner’s inquest into a child’s death, holding the coroner’s causation analysis and reasons were legally adequate.
Lee, R (On the Application Of) v [2019] EWHC 3227 (Admin) (12 September 2019)
Judicial review over a coroner’s Article 2 decision in an inquest into Melissa Lee’s death. The court remitted the operational-duty issue for reconsideration.
Maughan, R (On the Application Of) v Her Majesty's Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2019] EWCA Civ 809 (10 May 2019)
Court of Appeal held that the civil standard of proof applies to suicide conclusions at inquests, both short-form and narrative.
The High Court dismissed a judicial review of a coroner’s inquest into Mrs Parkinson’s death, upholding the coroner’s Article 2 decision, factual findings and no-report decision.
Parkinson, R (On the Application Of) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin) (15 June 2018)
Judicial review of a coroner’s inquest into Mrs Parkinson’s death was dismissed; the court upheld the no-Article 2 approach, cause of death finding, and natural causes conclusion.
Chambers v HM Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire & Ors [2015] EWHC 31 (Admin) (14 January 2015)
Judicial review of a coroner’s inquest into a prison suicide was refused. The court held the procedural irregularity was not material and the inquiry was sufficient.
Humberstone, R (on the application of) v Legal Services Commission [2010] EWCA Civ 1479 (21 December 2010)
Court of Appeal considered when Article 2 ECHR requires funding for inquest representation and held the refusal required reconsideration on the facts.
Three linked judicial review claims over coroner directions in prison death inquests. The court considered Article 2, narrative verdicts, and neglect verdicts.
P, R (on the application of) v HM Coroner for the District of Avon [2009] EWHC 820 (Admin) (05 March 2009)
The High Court held that a coroner need not require a short narrative to be appended to a short-form verdict, so long as the jury is enabled to express its findings.
The court held that a coroner was not required to direct a jury to attach a narrative to a short-form verdict. The Article 2 duty was met by leaving a narrative verdict open.
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