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R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin)

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R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin)
   
Issue: Whether, where a vulnerable person subject to a DOLS died from natural causes in a hospital setting, the procedural obligations pursuant to Art 2 ECHR were engaged; whether “neglect” should have been left to the jury.
   
Court: High Court, Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/3988/2018
   
Neutral Citation:   [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Irwin LJ, Farbey J, Lucraft HHJ (The Chief Coroner of England and Wales)
   
Date: 15 May 2019