Skelton, Regina (on The Application of) v Senior Coroner for West Sussex: Admn 23 Oct 2020

The claimants daughter’s death had first been declared non-suspicious. After a conviction for her murder, the Coroner sought to substitute a verdict of unlawful killing. The claimant objected saying that a wider enquiry was no justified, particularly as to the failures of the police investigation.

Lord Justice Popplewell,
Mr Justice Jay
[2020] EWHC 2813 (Admin), [2020] WLR(D) 578, (2021) 177 BMLR 167, [2021] 2 WLR 413, [2021] QB 525
Bailii, WLRD
Coroners Act 1988 13
England and Wales

Coroners

Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.655215