Key cases

2019

• Maughan R (Maughan) v Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2019] EWCA Civ 809 – Case is to be heard in the Supreme Court in 2020
• Parkinson – [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
• Worthington – [2018] EWHC 3386 (Admin)
• Maguire and United Response – [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin)
• Jones – [2019] EWHC 1494 (Admin)
• Chidlow, R (On the Application Of) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 581
• AB v Assistant Coroner for Inner South London – CO/663/2019

2018

• R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society & Anor) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
• R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society & Anor) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969 (Admin) – judgment on costs (opens in a new tab)
  Ruling on prioritisation of investigations into death and decisions on release of bodies
• R (Maguire) v Assistant Coroner West Yorkshire [2018] EWCA Civ 6 (opens in a new tab)
  Court of Appeal case on which witnesses to call

2017

• Silvera, R (on the application of) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire [2017] EWHC 2499 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Resuming an inquest after a criminal conviction; Article 2; informal patients and the investigatory obligation.
• Mueller v Her Majesty’s Area Coroner for Manchester West [2017] EWHC 3000 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Ruling on what is to be read into the record of inquest.
• Inquest into the death of Private Sean Benton (opens in a new tab)
  Ruling upon whether a jury should be summoned under s.7(3) Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

2016

• R (Tainton) v HM Senior Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire [2016] EWHC 1396 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Article 2 inquest, whether admitted failings on behalf of the State to diagnose illness earlier ought to be included in the Record of Inquest even where not causative of the death.
• R (Hamilton-Jackson) v Assistant Coroner for Mid Kent and Medway [2016] EWHC 1796 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Self-inflicted death in custody, Article 2 inquest, whether jury misdirected; use of plain language encouraged.
• Tyrrell v HM Senior Coroner County Durham and Darlington [2016] EWHC 1892 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Death in custody from natural causes, whether Article 2 is engaged.

2015

• Flower -v- HM Coroner for The County of Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon [2015] EWHC 3666 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Coroner not functus officio following suspended and not resumed investigation.
• R (Fullick) -v- HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2015] EWHC 3522 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Death resulting from possible omission of a police officer, whether mandatory to sit with a jury.
• R (LF) -v- HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London [2015] EWHC 2990 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Deprivation of liberty, whether death in intensive care is in ‘state detention’.
• R (Rotsztein) -v- HM Senior Coroner for Inner London [2015] EWHC 2764 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Post-mortem and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
• HM Senior Coroner for Cumbria -v- Ian Smith, HM Former Senior Coroner for South and East Cumbria [2015] EWHC 2465 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Parallel family proceedings, restrictions on publication.
• Shafi -v- HM Coroner for East London [2015] EWHC 2106 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Death in custody abroad, attendance of witnesses, whether mandatory to sit with a jury.
• R (Al-Saadoon) -v- Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  State’s investigatory duty, whether investigatory obligation arises where no arguable substantive breach of Art 2 and 3 of ECHR.
• R (Letts) -v- Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 402 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Legal aid, exceptional funding, Article 2 ECHR.
• Chambers -v- HM Coroner for Preston and West Lancashire [2015] EWHC 31 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Suicide in prison, whether independent psychiatric evidence necessary.

2014

• R (Duggan) -v- HM Assistant Deputy Coroner for the Northern District of Greater London [2014] EWHC 3343 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Lawful killing, self-defence.
• R (Goldstein) -v- HM Coroner for Inner London District [2014] EWHC 3889 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Post-mortem and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.
• R (Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) -v- HM Coroner for the City of Liverpool [2014] EWHC 1586 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Schedule 5 notice to produce evidence
• R (Cooper) -v- HM Coroner for North East Kent [2014] EWHC 586 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  Challenge to interlocutory rulings, giving reasons for decisions

2013

• R (Antoniou) -v- Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust [2013] EWHC 3055 (Admin) (opens in a new tab)
  State’s obligation to investigate death of a patient detained under mental health legislation.
• Worcestershire County Council -v- HM Coroner for the County of Worcestershire [2013] EWHC 1711 (QB) (opens in a new tab)
  Disclosure of documents, public interest immunity.