“A systemic failure to provide adequate nursing facilities and staffing contributed to the death of a diabetic, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 7th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Paul Matthews says choice of Dr Freddy Patel, suspended from practice for three months last week, for postmortem was ‘routine.’ ”
The Guardian, 7th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Patel) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 2220 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 240
“An applicant for exceptional funding by way of legal aid had to meet a high threshold to satisfy the test of ‘significant wider public interest’ in para 27.2.8 of the Legal Services Commission’s Funding Code Decision Making Guidance, subject to the latitude (or margin of discretion) accorded to the Lord Chancellor in the exercise of his judgment. There had to be the potential for client’s involvement in the proceedings to produce real benefits for individuals other than the client and for those benefits to be substantial.”
WLR daily, 6th September 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The widow of one of the 7/7 suicide bombers today lost her High Court bid to overturn a decision refusing her legal aid for representation at the upcoming inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the attacks in London in 2005.”
The Independent, 27th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Attorney General has signalled that he is prepared to intervene in the controversy over the death of Dr David Kelly, admitting that those who doubted his suicide ‘may have a valid point’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th August 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The attorney general is considering re-opening the inquest into the death of government scientist David Kelly, it has emerged.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A group of prominent legal and medical experts called today for a full inquest into the death of the government scientist David Kelly in 2003.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Promised reforms to speed up coroners’ courts have been put on hold leaving many bereaved families waiting months or years for verdicts.”
BBC News, 12th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The mysterious death of a Ministry of Defence scientist who was carrying out secret bomb-making experiments was blamed on inadequate safety procedures.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government has been urged by MPs to appoint a judge to conduct the inquest into Ian Tomlinson who died at the G20 protests in London last year.”
BBC News, 28th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The coroner due to preside over the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson was tonight under pressure to step down from the hearing because he was responsible for appointing the pathologist who conducted a controversial postmortem on Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan Police are trying to block an inquest into the death of Baby Peter, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 14th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Independent legal support will be provided throughout the inquest process to the relatives of men and women who die during service. The proposal was welcomed by the families of army personnel who have died in Afghanistan and who described the resulting inquests as ‘traumatic’. Two full-time lawyers, funded by the British Legion with the help of the MoD, will guide families through the ‘complex and harrowing’ investigation that follows a military death.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“British soldiers on active service abroad were not, as such, within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom within the meaning of art 1 of the Human Rights Convention and were accordingly not protected by the Convention rights scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998. Assuming, however, that the Convention did protect servicemen abroad, a inquest that complied with the procedural obligation in art 2 was not automatically required whenever a member of the armed forces died on active service.”
WLR Daily, 1st July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The country’s highest court today quashed a landmark ruling that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights laws at all times.”
The Independent, 30th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A top neuroscientist died after a several out-of-hours doctors failed to spot a rapidly-spreading blood infection, an inquest has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A daughter has lost a High Court attempt for another inquest into her mother’s death.”
BBC News, 25th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Inquests into the deaths of 52 people killed in the 7/7 bombings will examine the alleged failings of MI5 in the run-up to the attacks, a coroner has ruled.”
BBC News, 21st May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An armed woman who was shot dead by a police marksman in Kent was lawfully killed, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 29th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Disclosing MI5 files about the July 7 suicide bombers to the families of those killed in the London attacks would be ‘impossible’, counsel for the Security Service and the home secretary said today.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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