The WLR Daily case summaries
[2021] WLR(D) 333
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Morahan) v West London Assistant Coroner
[2021] EWHC 1603 (Admin)
2021 May 18, 19; June 11
Popplewell LJ, Garnham J, Judge Teague QC, Chief Coroner of England and Wales
Coroner— Inquest— Verdict— Voluntary inpatient of psychiatric rehabilitation unit dying of overdose of recreational drugs when at home in the community— Coroner refusing to hold enhanced public investigation— Whether automatic duty to conduct enhanced investigation— Whether coroner erring—
Mental Health Act 1983, ss 3, 117
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2