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21 Jul 2021 09:38
Sunyana Sharma publishes a review of the impact of prevention of future deaths reports in the Coroners CourtOne of 3PB’s senior public and regulatory barristers’ Sunyana Sharma has published a review for legal publishers LexisNexis on Prevention of Future Deaths reports and considers whether Coroners should be given more powers to compel improvements. The review discusses Prevention of Future Deaths more...
21 Jun 2021 15:04
Andrew Ward represents the Ministry of Justice in an Article 2 Jury InquestAndrew Ward from Exchange Chambers represented the Ministry of Justice on behalf of the Prison Service at a 5-day Article 2 jury inquest held in person before Mr. Darren Stewart OBE, Assistant Coroner for Surrey, at Surrey Coroner’s Court between 7th and 11th June 2021. The inquest related to the more...
20 May 2021 11:47
INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF A BABYSufiyan Rana represented the family of Lily Mae Teale (10 months old) at a 3-day multi party inquest at Doncaster Coroners Court following which the Coroner made two Regulation 28 reports relating to the walk-in centre and the treating GP. On 22 November 2017, Lily woke up at around 4.30am crying more...
11 May 2021 11:34
Long running inquest into the death of Laura Booth concludedAn inquest that saw solicitors instructed in early 2018 concluded that Laura Booth, a young woman who went in to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in 2016 for a routine procedure, became unwell and developed malnutrition due to inadequate nutrition. David Evison, a Partner at Anthony Collins, who acted more...
26 Apr 2021 13:57
Susan Jones in 5-week inquest after the death of a prisoner on remand3PB regulatory lawyer and inquest specialist barrister Susan Jones was recently instructed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to represent a registered mental health nurse in a 5-week, Article 2 and hybrid/partially-remote, inquest before Her Majesty’s Assistant Coroner Darren Stewart OBE and a more...
24 Mar 2021 12:05
UK Inquest Law Blog: What an Art 2 investigation does and does not requireWritten by Bridget Dolan QC Published: 12 February 2021 R (Grice) v HM Senior Coroner of Brighton and Hove [2020] EWHC 3581 (here) Will an inquest always be required after a homicide trial when there have been alleged failures by state agents to protect life? In this Judicial Review case Garnham J more...
5 Jan 2021 17:08
INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF A 94-YEAR-OLD MANDavid Pojur represented a national care home group in a multi-handed inquest into the death of a 94-year-old man. It centred on the provision of Adult Social Care to the elderly in care homes and the escalation of medical emergencies. The Court examined the national emergency out of hours provision more...
30 Nov 2020 17:27
Maughan: Supreme Court reduces standard of proof for suicide and unlawful killing inquest conclusionsDavid Sandiford considers the recent Supreme Court judgment in R (on the application of Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020) UKSC 46. On 13 November 2020 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of R (on the application of Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire more...
18 Nov 2020 09:05
Maughan: Suicide and Unlawful Killing Conclusions in InquestsR (Maughan) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46 The Supreme Court has now issued its judgment in this important case for Coroners and inquests dealing with the standard of proof to be applied where the death might have been caused by suicide or unlawful killing. Everyone more...
17 Nov 2020 12:48
Probably unlawful killing: a new inquest conclusionR (Maughan) v Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46 (here) There is perhaps no better example of the judicial development of our common law than Maughan. A case which began with a family member appealing against what they believed was the incorrect application of the civil standard of proof more...
4 Nov 2020 12:00
Open justice in Coroners Courts: Why Black Lives (and deaths) should MatterChief Constable West Yorks Police v Dyer & Assistant Coroner for West Yorkshire & others [2020] EWCA Civ 1375, 27 October 2020. Judgment here Judicial endorsement that Black Lives Matter sends an important message to all. Whilst our British judges might never be expected to deliver as hard more...
23 Jun 2020 14:55
Deprivation of liberty, death and Article 2R (on the application of Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738. (judgment here) The Court of Appeal has ruled that the state's investigative obligations under Article 2 ECHR do not arise where someone lacking capacity and deprived of their liberty dies of natural more...
12 Jun 2020 14:32
The Chief Coroner heralds the start of 'Harlequin Inquests'CHIEF CORONER’S GUIDANCE No. 38: REMOTE PARTICIPATION IN CORONIAL PROCEEDINGS VIA VIDEO AND AUDIO BROADCAST On the 11th June 2020, The Chief Coroner published his Guidance No 38, headed ‘Remote Participation in Coronial Proceedings via Video and Audio Broadcast’. (here) Just as the Crown Courts more...
27 May 2020 09:55
Coronavirus, Coroners & the Crown Office: does Scotland lead the way in investigating COVID-19 deaths?“Doctor, cast the water of my land, find her disease, and purge it to a sound and pristine health…” Macbeth, Act V, Scene III Introduction The difference between the Scottish and English approaches to managing coronavirus appears to be growing. Guidance from the Chief Coroner for England and Wales, more...
31 Oct 2019 10:16
3PB calls for Australia-style laws after Grenfell Phase 1 ReportTwo of 3PB’s specialist construction barristers have today called for Australia-style legislation for the house and building construction industry after the Grenfell Report. This morning, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, chaired by Rt Hon Sir Martin Moore-Bick, delivered its Phase 1 Report. The more...
24 Oct 2019 14:09
The inquests into the deaths of the twenty-two people killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack will now become a public inquiry.The inquests into the deaths of the twenty-two people killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack will now become a public inquiry. The inquiry will be chaired by Sir John Saunders who was nominated by the Lord Chief Justice to lead the investigation into the deaths. Fiona Barton QC and Kate Cornell more...
24 Oct 2019 14:08
Mark Thomas appears in six week Acute Behavioural Disturbance inquest in DorsetDouglas Oak was contained by officers of Dorset Police on a street in Bournemouth on 11th April 2017. Officers identified that he may have been suffering from Acute Behavioural Disturbance (otherwise known as ABD, or excited delirium) and called an ambulance to attend. Mr Oak suffered a cardiac more...
14 Oct 2019 11:19
Inquest into the death of Richard John WhaleA four-day Inquest, held from 19 November 2018, found that stewarding failures at Old Trafford football ground contributed to the death of Mr Whale on 10 December 2017. The Inquest found that the hand rails on each side of exit staircase N1410 were obstructed by two stewards, who were watching the more...
14 Oct 2019 11:06
Social worker represented by Sarah Barlow at HCPTS hearing cleared of misconductSarah Barlow from Exchange Chambers, instructed by Deepika Raino from Slater & Gordon, has successfully defended a social worker at a Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) Conduct and Competence Committee Hearing. The client and two other social workers faced a range of allegations, more...
14 Oct 2019 10:50
Sarah Barlow represents family of deceased at Article 2 InquestSarah Barlow from Exchange Chambers, instructed by Karen Featherstone of Simpsons Solicitors, has represented the family of Birmingham man, Nigel Abbott, at an Article 2 inquest into his death. Nigel Abbott was tragically killed by Kierran Fletcher, a young man in the grip of a severe psychotic more...
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