R (Touche) v Inner London North Coroner

Subject Matter

CORONER — Inquest — Duty to hold — Death after giving birth resulting from hypertension following inadequate monitoring of blood pressure — Deceased cremated — Coroner contesting application for judicial review of refusal to hold inquest — Whether reasonable cause to suspect that death “unnatural” — Whether coroner having duty or jurisdiction to hold inquest — Whether coroner liable for costs of application — Coroners Act 1988, ss 8(1)(a), 15(1)(2)

[2001] QB 1206; [2001] 3 WLR 148