The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 4 WLR 15
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Boyce) v Teesside and Hartlepool Senior Coroner
[2022] EWHC 107 (Admin)
2021 Dec 14; 2022 Jan 21
Judge Belcher sitting as a High Court judge
Coroner— Inquest— Scope of inquest— Child in care taking own life— Coroner deciding not to conduct enhanced investigation into death— Whether child in care analogous to person in detention— Whether coroner under duty to conduct enhanced investigation—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 31
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2
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Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25), s 5