Hearings
England & Wales
14 Dec 2001 [2001] EWHC Admin 1043, QBD (Stanley Burnton J)
11 Mar 2004 [2004] UKHL 10; [2004] 2 AC 182; [2004] 2 WLR 800; [2004] 2 All ER 465, HL(E)
R (Middleton) v West Somerset Coroner
See also
Subject Matter
CORONER — Inquest — Verdict — Prisoner having threatened suicide taking own life — Coroner's direction to jury not to return verdict referring to neglect — Coroner refusing to append jury's note to inquisition indicating Prison Service's failure in duty to prisoner — Whether inquest meeting state's procedural duty to investigate deaths — Coroners Act 1988, s 11 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Coroners Rules 1984, rr 36, 42, 43
[2004] UKHL 10; [2004] 2 AC 182; [2004] 2 WLR 800; [2004] 2 All ER 465, HL(E)
Appellate History
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)
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