Posted inInquests Issue 7

Article 2 and the Provision of Healthcare

R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool [2020] EWCA Civ 738 Where Article 2 of the Convention is invoked to allege inadequate provision of healthcare by the state, recent Strasbourg and domestic authorities suggest an increasingly restrictive approach. An expansive approach The 2015 Chamber decision of the Fourth Section…
March 8, 2021Posted inInquests, Issue 7Tags: , ,
Posted inInquests Issue 2

Medical Inquests and Article 2

R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin)  This article originally appeared in Issue 2 (July 2019). The High Court has re-affirmed that, in most cases, inquests involving allegations of medical failings do not engage the State’s positive obligations under Article 2 of the…
July 1, 2019Posted inInquests, Issue 2Tags: ,