The Court of Appeal in R(Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde [2020] EWCA Civ 738 has held… Read more
Tag: Inquests
New Chief Coroner’s Guidance on DOLS
To accompany the coming into force on 3 April of the change to the definition of “state detention” introduced by… Read more
Deaths under DOLS – mandatory inquests no more?
The Government last night (16 November) accepted an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill moved by Baroness Finlay to… Read more
Chief Coroner’s Guidance on DOLS [Now superseded]
[Note – this guidance has now been superseded by new guidance (16A) available here. It has been kept as a… Read more