Topic
Inquests
25 published works
Food Safety News
Salmonella contributed to deaths linked to butchers
By News Desk
A Salmonella infection contributed to the deaths of two people who were part of an outbreak in England in 2018, according to an inquest report. Sandra Blake, 68, and Stewart…
UK Human Rights Blog
Divisional Court gives guidance on article 2 inquests
By Matthew Hill
R (Peter Skelton and anr) v Senior Coroner for West Sussex [2020] EWHC 2813 (Admin) — Judgment here. Susan Nicholson and Caroline Devlin were killed by the same man during…
UK Human Rights Blog
Coroners’ Investigations, Inquests and COVID-19
The following post was written on the morning of 26 of March 2020. Today, 27th of March, the Chief Coroner brought out Guidance 35 on hearings during the pandemic (no.…
Steve Cornforth Blog
Inquests, Legal Aid and time for change – now!
The lack of availability of legal aid for Inquests is in the news again. We have already had the controversy of the refusal of legal aid for the family of…
Steve Cornforth Blog
Molly Russell, Instagram and Legal Aid
I cannot remember when I last posted twice in one day. But the decision of the Legal Agency to refuse Legal Aid to the family of Molly Russell for representation…