‘Victims of Hillsborough, Grenfell, the Manchester Arena terror attack and the Aberfan disaster have said decades of suffering could have been avoided if a new charter compelling the police to tell the truth, was introduced sooner.’
BBC News, 17th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A group of media lawyers has helped overturn a coroner’s decision to hold the inquest into the death of a 38-year-old electrician in secret.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th March 2025
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A woman who drove 60 miles to Wormwood Scrubs to prevent her husband from taking his own life in prison was unable to alert staff in time because the telephone line and the intercom were both broken, a coroner has ruled.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager who killed herself after becoming the youngest person in the UK to be charged with terror offences had been groomed online by an American “neo-Nazi”, an inquest has been told.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK government may have breached a young soldier’s right to life by failing to protect her from a sexual assault by a more senior colleague and from sustained unwelcome sexual attention from her line manager, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An elderly man with swallowing difficulties died in hospital after he was wrongly fed jelly and choked.’
BBC News, 20th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A coroner has accused prison bosses of “failing to act with candour” as she investigated three self-inflicted deaths in just 19 days at a scandal-hit prison, including that of the former head of the Dreamboys stripper group.’
The Independent, 14th February 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who was fatally shot by armed officers after entering a police station car park holding a knife and a bag with a cat inside was lawfully killed, an inquest has found.’
BBC News, 13th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The use of lethal force by SAS soldiers who shot dead four members of the IRA in 1992 in an ambush in County Tyrone was not justified or reasonable, a judge at an inquest has ruled.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A private call handling firm operating the NHS 111 non-emergency service has admitted it was at fault for failing to send an ambulance to a baby boy who died shortly after falling ill, an inquest has heard.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A high court judge has rejected an attempt by a scout leader and an assistant to overturn the findings of an inquest jury that concluded they were responsible for the unlawful killing of a 16-year-old boy who fell from a cliff during an expedition.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A helicopter crash in which five people were killed at Leicester City’s King Power Stadium was an accident, an inquest jury has concluded.’
BBC News, 28th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘At the recent inquest touching the death of Steve Dymond, HM Area Coroner Jason Pegg concluded there was no clear and reliable causal connection between Mr Dymond’s unfortunate death and his recent appearance on the ITV Jeremy Kyle Show. It was concluded that whilst “possible” the experience added to his distress it was not “probable”, reiterating the often-nuanced complexities of causation in the Coroner’s court.’
St John's Chambers, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk
‘A coroner has issued a warning about the effects of antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor to the son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent before his suicide.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘At the recent inquest touching the death of Steve Dymond, HM Area Coroner Jason Pegg concluded there was no clear and reliable causal connection between Mr Dymond’s unfortunate death and his recent appearance on the ITV Jeremy Kyle Show. It was concluded that whilst “possible” the experience added to his distress it was not “probable”, reiterating the often-nuanced complexities of causation in the Coroner’s court.’
St John's Chambers, 2nd December 2024
Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk
‘E-scooter riders should be made to wear helmets, a coroner has ruled following the death of a man in Nottingham.’
BBC News, 7th January 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In a recent Landmark Chambers Inquest Law webinar, Harriet Wakeman and Katharine Elliot reviewed the core principles of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“the Convention”) and how it is applied in the area of inquest law, including reflecting on lessons to be learned from the latest case law. This blog builds on the content of that webinar with the aim of providing practitioners and members of the public with a more detailed overview of the topic.’
Landmark Chambers, 29th November 2024
Source: www.landmarkchambers.co.uk
‘Two police officers have been served with misconduct notices after a 17-year-old girl died after fleeing a police vehicle, the watchdog has announced.’
BBC News, 28th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The widow of a man who took his own life after becoming addicted to gambling says more people will die because the regulator is refusing to investigate suicides linked to the addiction.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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