The Home Secreary requested approval for the withholding of documents from a coroner’s inquest on the ground that disclosure would damage the public interest. The deceased had died whilst jogging, and there was a possibility that he had been unlawfully killed. He had been associated with the provision of evidence to Swiss prosecutors associating a large investment company with a fraud on their government by senior Russian officials. Materials were requested for which the coroner did not have the necessary level of security clearance and therefore the matter was referred to the High Court.
Cranston J
[2016] EWHC 3001 (Admin)
Bailii
Coroners and Justice Act 2009
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Worcestershire County Council and Another v HM Coroner for The County of Worcestershire QBD 20-Jun-2013
The court considered the request by the coroner for the production to him of draft overview report prepared by the respondent with its supporting reports on the work of individual officers. . .
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