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R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Ferreira) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner South London
   
Issue: Whether a death in a hospital intensive care unit was a death in “state detention” within the meaning of s7 and s48(2) Coroners and Justice Act 2009 thereby mandating the Coroner to empanel a jury.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   C1/2015/3844
   
Neutral Citation:   [2017] EWCA Civ 31
   
Judge(s): Arden and McFarlane LJJ, Cranston J
   
Date: 26 January 2017