‘A coroner has criticised dangerous dog laws and called for dog licences to be reintroduced after a 14-year-old girl was savaged to death.’
BBC News, 24th October 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘‘ZZ46’ is the first officer from the operation to be served with a formal disciplinary notice by the IPCC.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A conclusion of lawful killing made by a coroner’s court meant that a death was recognised as one that would amount to the crime of murder, manslaughter or infanticide but for the presence of an additional factor which justified it.’
WLR Daily, 14th October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The family of Mark Duggan have lost their attempt to overturn an inquest verdict that the police shooting of their loved one was a lawful killing.’
The Guardian, 14th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has given permission for a judicial review of the government’s policy on legal aid funding for inquests. Mrs Justice Andrews (pictured) last week allowed the challenge against the lord chancellor’s guidance on inquest funding.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The coroner whose improper appointment of his wife led to the inquest into the death of singer Amy Winehouse being reheard has been sanctioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The death of a toddler who died from a respiratory virus after seeing GPs 30 times could not have been prevented or predicted, his inquest heard.’
BBC News, 25th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A 19-day-old boy died after being given four times the solution needed to stop his heart during surgery, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 15th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An inquest into the deaths of three soldiers who collapsed on an SAS training exercise in the Brecon Beacons has been delayed until 2015.’
BBC News, 16th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘ An Army cadet partly paralysed during a skydiving jump which killed a comrade is suing the Ministry of Defence for more than £300,000. Tim Herlihy, 24, of Stourbridge, was left with incomplete paraplegia after suffering injuries including six burst vertebrae during the accident in 2011 when he collided in mid air with another cadet.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A nurse who put through a hoax phone call at a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated took her own life, a coroner has concluded.’
BBC News, 12th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man with mental health problems killed himself at a young offenders institute after he was wrongly judged “low risk” and was inadequately monitored, an inquest jury has decided.’
BBC New, 11th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Neglect contributed to the death of an elderly woman found dying at home nine days after her care agency was shut in a police raid, a coroner has concluded.’
BBC News, 10th September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Wrexham soldier killed in Afghanistan was unlawfully killed in an “intense” attack by insurgents, an inquest found.’
BBC News, 2nd September 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A young father died after police failed to notice him having three epileptic seizures in custody, it has emerged.
The Independent, 8th August 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Jonathan Trenchard mistakenly thought his wife of 24 years, Derisa, was on the verge of leaving him for another man.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘When will a court order an inquiry into the deaths in combat of soldiers serving overseas? Following recent judgments of the English and Strasbourg courts extending the application of the European Convention on Human Rights to zones of armed conflict overseas in certain circumstances, the question is likely to arise frequently over the coming years. In R(Long), the Divisional Court strongly endorsed the doctrine of combat immunity and appeared to set its face against the recent rise in claims against the MoD by soldiers deployed abroad and their next of kin.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The director of public prosecutions (DPP) said she recognised the “real issue” over whether victims and witnesses are treated fairly after the death of a sex abuse victim sparked calls for reform.’
The Guardian, 27th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Last week, a jury at the inquest into the death of American tourist Brian Dalrymple, who died after being detained at the Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre (pictured), delivered a verdict of ‘natural causes contributed to by neglect’. The jury’s verdict amounted to a finding that there were gross failures in the medical care Brian received which caused or contributed to his death.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2014
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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