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Platts v HM Coroner for South Yorkshire (East District) and Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (Interested Party)

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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Platts v HM Coroner for South Yorkshire (East District) and Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police (Interested Party)
   
Issue: Whether there was an Art 2 ECHR obligation to investigate events leading up to a fatal road traffic accident and not simply the accident; whether the claimant was a properly interested person entitled to question witnesses at the inquest.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/4154/2008
   
Neutral Citation:   [2008] EWHC 2502 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Wilkie J
   
Date: 15 May 2008