Posted inInquests Issue 11

Fresh Inquests

Mays v HM Senior Coroner for Kingston Upon Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire [2021] EWHC 3604 (Admin) Earl v HM Senior Coroner for East Sussex [2021] EWHC 3468 (Admin) R (on the application of Ginn) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner London [2022] EWHC 28 (Admin) Three recent applications…
May 24, 2022Posted inInquests, Issue 11Tags: ,
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 6

Proximity in Secondary Victim Claims

Paul & Anor v The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 6 (September 2020). Following a series of secondary victim claims being struck out or dismissed on the grounds that there is insufficient proximity as required by the Alcock control mechanisms (see,…
September 1, 2020Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 6Tags:
Posted inInquests Special Issue

Inquests into Deaths in Custody During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Following the sad news of the first death in custody from COVID-19, one question arises: what are likely to be the issues at inquests into the deaths in custody from COVID-19?  Article 2 and the central issues  Not all deaths in custody mandate an Article 2 inquest (see R (Tainton)…
April 1, 2020Posted inInquests, Special IssueTags: ,
Posted inClinical negligence Issue 3

Expert Evidence – Do’s and Don’ts

ZZZ v Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2019] EWHC 1642 (QB)  This article originally appeared in Issue 3 (November 2019). Following a car accident in 2011, XXX brought proceedings against ZZZ. The claim was settled for £3 million plus annual periodical payments. ZZZ then brought contribution proceedings against Yeovil…
November 1, 2019Posted inClinical negligence, Issue 3Tags: