“Coroners will be able to hold inquests at different locations in England and Wales following a law change put in place today by Justice Minister Helen Grant.”
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A group of doctors which has been investigating the death of government
scientist Dr David Kelly wrote to the Chief Coroner today calling for his
inquest to be resumed and the suicide verdict re-examined.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Judicial officials are considering plans to stream the inquest into the police shooting of Mark Duggan live over the internet.”
The Guardian, 28th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A coroner has said he would recommend random breath-testing for navy personnel following the shooting dead of an officer by a drunk submariner on a nuclear-powered submarine.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government will fund legal representation for the families of the 96 Liverpool fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster at the new inquest ordered into their deaths.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Twenty-two years after the original contentious inquest into the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, the verdict of accidental death has been quashed in the high court.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The high court is being asked to quash the original accidental death inquest verdicts returned after 96 Liverpool football fans died in the crush at Hillsborough 23 years ago.”
The Guardian, 19th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The families of 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough in 1989 hailed the announcement yesterday that an application has been lodged by the attorney general to have the original inquests into the disaster quashed in the high court.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An application to quash the original Hillsborough inquest verdicts could be made today, the Attorney General’s office said.”
The Independent, 10th December 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A coroner has condemned driving licence laws for older drivers as ‘puny’ after an 89-year-old died following a head-on-crash as she drove the wrong way down the M40 motorway for more than ten miles.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The death of a 16-year-old Dorset schoolboy after being hit by a hockey ball thrown by another pupil was a tragic accident, an inquest jury has found.”
The Independent, 29th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An application to quash the Hillsborough inquest verdicts will be made next month, the Attorney General has announced.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The High Court – including the new Chief Coroner – has held that the enhanced investigative duty under Article 2, the right to life, is not engaged in an inquest into the death of a 14 year old boy, despite ‘many missed opportunities’ for intervention by social services being identified.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th November 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The attorney general has vowed to urgently apply for a new inquest for Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams after learning his mother has cancer.”
BBC News, 5th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mother of a 28-year-old man with cerebral palsy is suing the hospital where he died, alleging its staff failed to consult her on a decision not to attempt resuscitation and did not administer his medication appropriately.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 has created the office of Chief Coroner, plucked at the very last minute from the Coalition’s ‘bonfire of the quangos’. On Friday, the first Chief Coroner, His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC, delivered The Howard League for Penal Reform’s 2012 Parmoor Lecture.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 31st October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Deirdre Malone on an inquest into the tragic deaths of family members killed in a house fire, and the lessons to be learned.”
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 30th October 2012
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
“For more than 700 years, coroners have investigated sudden and unexpected deaths in their own areas of England and Wales without the sort of hierarchy that governs other judicial officers. But last month the first chief coroner started work, with a brief to ensure that coroners are better trained and organised.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Joshua Rozenberg asks where next for the families of those who died at Hillsborough.”
BBC Law in Action, 16th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
