“No police officers will be charged over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, prosecutors have announced, following a review of evidence from the inquest into his death.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The proposed reforms to the Inquest system, criticised by David Pannick, QC, in Times Law last month, are vital to ensure that we offer bereaved people the best possible information and support at what is likely to be one of the most traumatic periods of their life.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Staff at a privately run jail failed to do all they could to ensure the safety of an inmate who killed himself while suffering a mental illness, a coroner’s jury ruled yesterday.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Justice Minister Bridget Prentice has made a written ministerial statement about the deaths of servicemen and women overseas.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd February 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Coroners and Justice Bill, which had its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday, allows the Secretary of State for Justice to specify that an inquest should take place without a jury to prevent ‘harm to the public interest’. The Government has failed to justify such a broad discretion to remove an important safeguard against abuse of power.”
The Times, 29th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A fresh inquest into the death of a Lancashire teenager found hanged at a secure unit in County Durham has been ordered by the High Court.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Bar Council has today voiced concerns over proposals to reform the law relating to inquests, recently announced by the Ministry of Justice. The plans are contained in the Coroners and Justice Bill 2009, published on Wednesday.”
The Bar Council, 16th January 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“A teenage boy would have survived a brain haemorrhage if doctors had not made a series of failures in diagnosis and treatment, a coroner ruled today.”
The Independent, 15th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jack Straw, the justice secretary, will today revive his plan to hold inquests that involve aspects of national security in private without a jury when the coroners and justice bill is published.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes illustrates dramatically a serious flaw in the framework governing coroners’ investigations — the inclusion in inquest findings of short-form verdicts such as accidental death, misadventure, natural causes, lawful killing and unlawful killing.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The police officers who claimed to have shouted warnings to Jean Charles de Menezes before he was shot dead should be investigated for possible perjury, a lawyer for the family said today.”
The Independent, 12th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today rejected Scotland Yard’s claim that he was lawfully killed as part of an anti-terrorism operation. Banned by the coroner, Sir Michael Wright, from returning a verdict of unlawful killing, the five men and five women decided on an open verdict – the most critical that was available to them.”
The Guardian, 12th December 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A toddler who died in a fire at his family home screamed for help as rescuers tried in vain to pull him out of the house, an inquest has heard.”
BBC News, 11th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The coroner in the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes today told the jury he would accept a majority verdict.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes has told the jury that they are not allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jury told to return verdict of lawful killing or open verdict after seven weeks of evidence at inquest.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A family doctor who lied ‘in a moment of panic’ after failing to visit a vulnerable pensioner before she died in a fire at her home has been spared jail.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A commanding officer made ‘the wrong decision’ when deciding whether to lead a group of Army recruits over a swollen stream, which claimed the life of a teenage soldier, a coroner said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An armed robber who was stabbed to death by a shopkeeper was to blame for his own death, a coroner has ruled. ”
Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The power of the attorney general to make decisions free from the scrutiny of courts came under renewed attack last week, in a challenge by the family of Jeremiah Duggan, a British student whose death in Germany five years ago has been described by lawyers as ‘disturbing and bizarre’.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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