R (Boyce) v Teesside and Hartlepool Senior Coroner

Subject Matter

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 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2 — Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25), s 5

[2022] EWHC 107 (Admin); [2022] 4 WLR 15; [2022] WLR(D) 42, QBD