The claimant’s son had died in a prison attached to a police station in Dubai. She sought a new inquest saying that the first had been inadequate.
Held: A new inquest was ordered. There had been difficulties in that the Dubai authorities had failed to supply CCTV evidence. More decisively however, the coroner had failed to raise the possibility of Dubai witnesses giving evidence
Bean LJ, Peter Thornton QC HHJ, Chief Coroner
[2015] EWHC 2106 (Admin)
Bailii
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 1(2)(b), Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013
Citing:
Cited – Regina v West Yorkshire Coroner ex parte Smith CA 2-Jan-1982
The applicant challenged the refusal of the coroner to hold an inquest into the death of his daughter in Rhodesia.
Held: Coroners in England and Wales are under a duty to investigate a death which occurred overseas if both the body is returned . .
Cited – In Re Neal (Coroner: Jury) QBD 17-Nov-1995
The father of the deceased sought to have the coroner quash the inquest. His daughter had died in Spain from carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently emanated from a faulty water heater in the apartment in which she had stayed. Her body had been . .
Cited – Paul and others v Deputy Coroner of the Queen’s Household and Another Admn 2-Mar-2007
The applicants sought judicial review of preliminary directions given for the intended inquest on the deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and of Dodi Al Fayed. It was submitted that the jurisdiction had been wrongly transferred to the Queen’s Coroner . .
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Updated: 02 January 2022; Ref: scu.550384