“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has ordered a review of his decision last year not to prosecute anyone in connection with the death of Ian Tomlinson.”
The Guardian, 4th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A jury in the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson has concluded he was unlawfully killed by a police officer at the G20 protests.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The jury at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been told it can return a verdict of unlawful killing, but only if it is satisfied the police officer who beat him with a baton and shoved him to the ground acted deliberately and illegally.”
The Guardian, 28th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Significant new evidence proves that Ian Tomlinson died from injuries caused by the trauma of being pushed to the ground and not from natural causes, his inquest heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 19th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“After three post-mortem examinations, and almost two years to the day since he died after being struck by a police baton during G20 protests, the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson is due to start on Monday.”
The Independent, 26th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Taxi driver Derrick Bird unlawfully killed the 12 victims he shot dead before he committed suicide, an inquest jury ruled today.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The inquest verdicts on the 7/7 London bombings are due to be announced on Friday 6 May by the coroner, Lady Justice Hallett.”
BBC News, 23rd March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fresh demands for a public inquiry into the deaths of four young recruits shot at Deepcut Army barracks were issued last night after a new review revealed serious shortcomings in the way police investigated the cases.”
The Independent, 13th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MI5 has rejected calls from the families of the 52 victims of the 7/7 bombings for a review of its working practices in light of the inquests.”
BBC News, 11th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman was killed by a convicted sex offender after a series of failings by the agencies involved in his release, an inquest jury has ruled.”
BBC News, 10th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police marksman involved in barrister’s shooting faces misconduct action for ‘crass remark’ after IPCC investigation.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lady Justice Hallett says ‘management speak’ used by emergency services chiefs might not be understood.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lawyers for families of those killed in the 7/7 bombings suggest MI5 is trying to ‘gag’ justice by restricting the verdicts of the inquest into the attacks.”
The Independent, 17th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A coroner has told a jury to decide if authorities’ actions contributed to a woman’s death at the hands of a sex offender on licence from prison.”
BBC News, 31st January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A second inquest into the death of the youngest person to die in custody begins today after a high court battle. Adam Rickwood was just 14 when he died in August 2004. He was found hanging in his cell in Hassockfield Secure Training Centre (STC), County Durham, hours after he was restrained by staff.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The state’s obligation to conduct an effective investigation into a death (with the associated possible necessity to provide representation) did not arise in all cases where a death occurred while the deceased was in the care of the state but only in a much narrower range of cases where it was arguable that the state had breached its substantive obligations under art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 22nd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A coroner has said the death of a woman who was killed by her husband during a violent nightmare was an ‘extraordinary and unique case’.”
BBC News, 15th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mechanical engineer who believed he was being controlled by radio waves and fatally attacked a woman in her home, before being stabbed by her teenage son, was lawfully killed.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Court decision against closed hearings for parts of the London bombings inquest will not be challenged.”
Home Office, 10th December 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A coroner did not have power to receive sensitive evidence relating to the security service in a closed hearing in the absence of properly interested persons and their legal representatives.”
WLR Daily, 1st December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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