R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subject Matter

CORONER — Inquest — Verdict — Death in prison — Prisoner known as suicide risk taking own life — Coroner directing jury not to return verdict referring to neglect — Coroner refusing to append to inquisition jury's note indicating Prison Service's failed duty towards prisoner — Whether jury entitled to return verdict of neglect — Whether inquest meeting state's duty to investigate deaths — Coroners Act 1988, s 11 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Coroners Rules 1984, r 42

[2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

HUMAN RIGHTS — Right to life — State's duty to investigate death — Prisoner murdered by cellmate with history of violence — Secretary of State refusing to hold independent public investigation into death — Nature and scope of procedural duty — Whether public scrutiny and family participation required — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2

[2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

Appellate History

R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2001] EWHC Admin 719, QBD

Decision of Hooper J reversed

R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

R (Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner [2001] EWHC Admin 1043, QBD

Decision of Stanley Burnton J varied

R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

R (Amin) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWCA Civ 390; [2003] QB 581; [2002] 3 WLR 505; [2002] 4 All ER 336, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal varied

R (Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner [2004] UKHL 10; [2004] 2 AC 182; [2004] 2 WLR 800; [2004] 2 All ER 465, HL(E)

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Right to a Fair and Public Hearing and Civil Litigation - Financial constraints on access to justice 91.45

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