“Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will be held before a jury, a coroner has confirmed.”
BBC News, 5th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A coroner told the press ‘shame on all of you’ as he ruled that a primary school teacher had killed herself after her gender reassignment became national news.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Justice Goldring has been appointed by the Coroners for the South Yorkshire (East) and the West Yorkshire (West) Districts as an Assistant Deputy Coroner for the purpose of conducting the inquests into the deaths of the 96 people in the Hillsborough disaster.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th February 2013
Source: www.judiciary.gov.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 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
“The Coroner system in the 21st Century – Chief Coroner Speech at Howard League dinner – 25 October 2012.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 25th October 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“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
“Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving contrary to section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988 should not be treated as ‘unlawful killing’ for the purposes of the conclusion of an inquest whatever conclusion might be reached in other contexts.”
WLR Daily, 11th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Lessons learned from deaths in police and prison custody are being repeatedly ignored or lost because there is no official body to enforce them, according to a charity that supports bereaved families at inquests.”
The Guardian, 1st October 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Annual Conference: The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales (PDF)
Speech by His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC, Chief Coroner
The Coroners’ Society of England and Wales, 21st September 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The first chief coroner of England and Wales has promised to establish a cadre of specialists to examine deaths in custody and military fatalities.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An inquiry into the death of a 24-year-old who was shot six times by a police officer is due to begin today.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ambulance staff left an elderly man who had fallen over and sustained brain damage untreated for three quarters of an hour because paramedics were on a lunch break, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A coroner has threatened the Independent Police Complaints Commission with contempt of court for refusing to hand over material relating to their investigation into the police shooting of Mark Duggan.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thanks either to coalition politics or press pressure, proposals for ‘secret’ inquests were last week ceremoniously ditched from the justice and security bill.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first chief coroner of England and Wales – tasked with setting new guidelines for coroners – will be appointed later.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In what circumstances is a criminal trial not sufficient to discharge the State’s duties under Article 2, the right to life, towards a victim of murder? The High Court held last week in this tragic case that a Coroner unlawfully and unreasonably decided not to resume an inquest into the death of a teenage girl where her killer had been ruled unfit to plead at the Old Bailey and handed an indefinite hospital order.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st May 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A judicial investigation has been launched into the appointment of the coroner who chaired Amy Winehouse’s inquest, raising fears that the circumstances of the singer’s death might need to be examined again.
The Guardian, 1st February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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