R (Campbell) v Attorney General

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R (Campbell) v Attorney General

Hearings

England & Wales

01 Jul 2025 [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin); [2026] 2 WLR 65; [2026] 1 All ER 376; [2025] WLR(D) 344, KBD (Stuart-Smith LJ, Chamberlain J)

Subject Matter

JUDICIAL REVIEW — Court’s jurisdiction — Attorney General — Attorney General’s power to authorise individual to apply to quash inquest finding — Whether exercise of such power justiciable — Coroners Act 1988 (c 13), s 13(1)

[2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin); [2026] 2 WLR 65; [2026] 1 All ER 376; [2025] WLR(D) 344, KBD

Commentary

UK Human Rights Blog
Attorney General’s refusal of a fiat to seek a fresh inquest is non-justiciable Case comment

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