The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 441
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (GS) v Senior Coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon
[2020] EWHC 2007 (Admin)
2020 July 14, 15; 24
Bean LJ, Lewis J
Coroner— Inquest— Coroner’s duties— Inquest into death resulting from Novichok poisonings— Coroner ruling source of Novichok and responsibility of Russian state nationals other than two alleged perpetrators not to be investigated as part of inquest— Whether ruling unlawful on ground of irrationality— Whether determination of foreign state wrongdoing contravening prohibition on determination of civil liability— Whether state’s procedural obligation under Convention requiring investigation into foreign state responsibility—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2
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Coroners and Justice Act 2007 (c 25), ss 5, 10(2)