Appeal with permission against the Orders on a judicial review quashing in part the decision of the Coroner (the second respondent to this appeal) that the officers in question should give their evidence at the inquest of Andrew Hall from behind screens positioned to conceal them from the Court save from the sight of the coroner, jury, Court staff and legal representatives. The deceased died in hospital. He had been arrested by officers of the appellant’s force and taken to the hospital in handcuffs and leg restraints. Whilst at the Police station he had struggled and vomited. 16 officers were to give evidence. The family resisted that evidence being given so as to protect the officers’ identity.
Judges:
Lord Justice Flaux
Citations:
[2020] EWCA Civ 1375
Links:
Statutes:
Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 11 18
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Dyer, Regina (on The Application of) v Admn 30-Oct-2019
Judicial review was sought of a decision by the coroner to allow police witnesses to give evidence behind screens so as to protect their identities. The deceased had been arrested, had struggled violently in custody, vomited, deteriorated and taken . .
Cited – T, Regina (on The Application of) v HM Senior Coroner for The County of West Yorkshire (Western Area) CA 28-Apr-2017
The coroner was to investigate the death of a baby, but was now asked whether it was first necessary to determine whether the child had been born alive and not still-born.
Held: The principle of open justice is a fundamental principle of . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Police, Coroners, Media, Human Rights
Updated: 31 January 2022; Ref: scu.655179
