The ministry appealed against the verdict that the deceased had been unlawfully killed. He had ingested sarin during an experiment on him at Porton Down in 1953. The court was asked itself to amend the verdict.
Held: There had been a full investigation, and the proposed amendment would leave in place the finding of unlawful killing. There was little to be served by further investigation of whether the deceased had given consent to non-therapeutic treatment. The court approved the proposal.
The Honourable Mr Justice David Clarke Lord Justice Richards
[2006] EWHC 309 (Admin)
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England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Mowlem Plc, Regina (on the Application Of) v District of Avon HM Assistant Deputy Coroner and Another Admn 13-May-2005
The court has power to amend an inquisition by the substitution of words in an appropriate case. The power was only to be exercised with extreme caution: ‘The bottom line, so it seems to me, is that words can be thus substituted if they are words to . .
Cited – Longfield Care Homes Ltd, Regina (on the Application Of) v HM Coroner for Blackburn and others Admn 14-Oct-2004
An elderly lady had died after falling from an open window at her care home. Although she suffered moderately severe injuries from the fall, they were not serious enough of themselves to cause her death which resulted from pre-existing pneumonia, . .
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Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.238768
