‘Inquests are valuable to insurers as Neil Ward explains. They offer a unique opportunity to hear evidence on all of the key issues which are likely to arise in determining liability arising out of any claim following a death.’
Mills & Reeve, 13th April 2021
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘The security services and police are to face questions over whether they missed the chance to stop a convicted terrorist out on licence with an electronic tag who stabbed two people to death. On Monday, the inquests open into the deaths of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, who were killed in the November 2019 attack at Fishmongers hall, near London Bridge at a prisoner rehabilitation conference.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Vue cinema chain has admitted two health and safety charges over the death of a man crushed under a motorised footrest.’
BBC News, 7th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A teenage refugee killed himself after the serious nature of his mental illness was not recognised, a coroner has concluded.’
The Guardian, 7th April 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Applying for a fresh inquest is not straightforward. First, the bereaved have to get permission from the Attorney General. Only once that authority has been granted will they be allowed to apply to the High Court to reopen the inquest (section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988). Often cases are reopened because new evidence has come to light or there has been insufficiency of inquiry, for example where a person is found guilty of the murder of the deceased or new scientific data is provided.[1] Further, it has to be necessary or desirable in the interests of justice that an investigation be (re)opened.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th April 2021
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The coroner in charge of the inquest into the death of a 28-year-old senior nurse last year has urged the government to hold an inquiry into the pandemic “as soon as practicable”. Emma Whitting made the plea at the end of the inquest at Bedfordshire and Luton Coroner’s Court, after ruling that Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong had died of multiple organ failure and coronavirus.’
The Independent, 30th March 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The role the Russian state played in the death of a Wiltshire woman who was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok is to be investigated in detail at her inquest. Heather Hallett said she would carry out a “fearless” inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess including digging into who directed the operation to bring novichok into the UK.’
The Guardian, 30th March 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than 15,000 death certificates are being examined by police investigating the deaths of patients at a hospital. An inquiry found 456 patients died after being given opiates at Gosport War Memorial Hospital between 1987 and 2001, but no charges have been brought. An independent investigation, led by Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, is reviewing millions of pages of evidence.’
BBC News, 16th March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of a man who starved to death after his benefits were stopped has lost a High Court challenge against the government.’
BBC News, 3rd March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘No-one was prosecuted over the death of a man who was restrained in the street by public transport workers despite the case being reviewed three times.’
BBC News, 1st March 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The death of an MI6 agent whose naked body was found inside a locked holdall at his London flat is to be reviewed. Metropolitan Police investigators said new information about Gareth Williams, who died in 2010, had come to light.’
BBC News, 22nd February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In Episode 136, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Rachel Marcus and Jim Duffy about the developments inquest law practitioners will need to know about.’
Law Pod UK, 17th February 2021
Source: audioboom.com
‘Highways England has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider if corporate manslaughter charges are appropriate following a smart motorway death.’
The Independent, 11th February 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A disabled woman whose brain was starved of oxygen after an operation to remove all her teeth would probably have survived if care home staff acted sooner, an inquest heard. Staff at Pirton Grange Care Home, near Worcester, failed to spot Rachel Johnston was developing hypoxia. A coroner concluded neglect contributed to her death just over two weeks after she was taken to hospital.’
BBC News, 11th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘George Julian is crowdfunding to attend coroners’ courts and live-tweet the inquests of people with learning disabilities and autism.’
BBC News, 10th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Relatives of patients who died after receiving “dangerous” levels of painkillers at Gosport War Memorial Hospital have called for new inquests.’
BBC News, 5th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The family of a woman whom they suspect was killed has won a lawsuit against a health trust that allowed her body to decompose to the point that experts were unable to rule out third-party involvement in the death in a first-of-its kind ruling.’
The Independent, 29th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A severely mentally ill young mother died from a deliberate overdose after the removal of her disability benefits left her destitute, trapped in a months-long state of high anxiety and haunted by suicidal thoughts, an inquest has concluded.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Inquests are not adversarial proceedings. However, the Supreme Court decision in Maughan (lowering the standard of proof for an inquest conclusion of ‘unlawful killing’ to the balance of probabilities) has left practitioners concerned about the ability of the coronial process to protect Interested Persons (“IPs”) from the serious reputational damage such a conclusion will inevitably cause. This article looks at one critical part of the process, namely disclosure.’
Henderson Chambers, 19th January 2021
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
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