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R (EA, By Her Litigation Friend MA) & another v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin)

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R (EA, By Her Litigation Friend MA) & another v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin)
   
Issue: Whether the 14 day time limit for seeking judicial review under s38(1) Inquiries Act 2005 had expired, and if so should be extended to allow survivors of a fatal terrorist attack to challenge, on the basis of irrationality and breach of their procedural rights to an effective investigation under Arts 2 and 3 ECHR, a refusal to grant them core participant status in the public inquiry into the deaths.
   
Court: High Court, Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/1984/2020
   
Neutral Citation:   [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Haddon-Cave LJ, Stuart-Smith J
   
Date: 44041