“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
“The government is under a legal obligation to ensure British soldiers are sent to fight with adequate equipment and training, the court of appeal heard on Monday in a case that has potentially profound implications for the treatment of troops on the battlefield.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Charlotte Gill reports from an inquest into the controversial death of a man in police custody at Southwark coroner’s court.”
The Guardian, 19th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights group Liberty is to apply for a judicial review into the inquest of a soldier who hanged herself after alleging two colleagues had raped her.”
BBC News, 11th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.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
“Publishing the Justice and Security Bill this morning, the Secretary of State for Justice said ‘I have used the last few months to listen to the concerns of … civil liberties campaigners with whom I usually agree.’ There are many people who today would sorely like to agree that Ken has listened and has taken their concerns on board. Unfortunately, the Government’s analysis remains fundamentally flawed. The Green Paper was clearly a ‘big ask’. There have undoubtedly been significant changes made from the proposals in the Green Paper. However, the secret justice proposals in the Justice and Security Bill remain fundamentally unfair, unnecessary and unjustified.”
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A baby died after suffering brain damage when he and his mother were exposed to a ‘gross failure of basic medical attention’, a coroner has ruled. Noah Tyler died 10 months after a midwife overseeing his birth at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff failed to take action though the baby’s heart rate was worryingly high. He was deprived of oxygen and his mother, Colleen Tyler, 31, could also have died during the birth, the hearing was told.”
The Guardian, 28th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence deemed sensitive to national security by judges will be heard behind closed doors in a controversial move that will make legal history. The Justice Secretary will make a ‘substantial’ climbdown, however, by excluding inquests from the new powers following widespread concerns about secret justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.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
“The recent case of LB Islington v Al Alas and Wray, (where I was led by Ian Peddie QC [also of Garden Court Chambers] in representing the father, Rohan Wray) should have some pretty significant implications in cases involving alleged non-accidental injuries.”
Garden Court Family Law Blog, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.gcfamily.wordpress.com
“Campaigners believe that mass vetting through Criminal Records Bureau checks has created an ‘atmosphere of mistrust’ that leaves children at greater risk. Here are two cases that back up their claims.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd April 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Parliament’s joint committee on human rights (JCHR) has produced a unanimous report on the government’s justice and security green paper that is as precise and persuasive as the green paper itself is unfocussed and unconvincing.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A legal anomaly that continues to cause injustice may be preventing an inquest into Mark Duggan’s death.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Evidence from a police phone tap in the runup to the operation against Mark Duggan that led to his fatal shooting is at the centre of the growing dispute over his inquest. Senior Metropolitan police officers have supported calls for changes to the law to allow the Independent Police Complaints Commission to reveal sensitive surveillance information unearthed during its investigation into Duggan’s death at a public inquest.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A father who killed a burglar with a meat cleaver after being subjected to harrowing attack used ‘proportionate and justified’ defensive force, a coroner has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A pre-inquest hearing into the death of Mark Duggan has been told that there may not be an inquest at all.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Following the inquest into the death of Police Constable Ian Terry, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) reconsidered whether there was sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to Mr Terry’s tragic death during a training exercise in June 2008.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th March 2012
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“An inquest jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of a young footballer who died when a bag of cocaine split inside his body.”
BBC News, 20th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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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