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R (Coker) v HM Coroner for Inner South London and (1) Independent Police Complaints Commission and (2) Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (interested parties)

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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R (Coker) v HM Coroner for Inner South London and (1) Independent Police Complaints Commission and (2) Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis (interested parties)
   
Issue: Whether, where an inquest was to be heard with a jury, a coroner was entitled to hold a pre-inquest hearing at which he would make public the pathologist’s conclusions as to the medical cause of death.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/502/2006
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 614 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Sullivan J
   
Date: 10 March 2006