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R (Canning) v HM Coroner for Northamptonshire

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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R (Canning) v HM Coroner for Northamptonshire
   
Issue: Whether, where a disabled child had died from an undiagnosed bowel condition having been in the care of a publicly run respite centre, there was reasonable cause to suspect that the deceased had died an unnatural death so that an inquest was required to be held.
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/5026/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2005] EWHC 3125 Admin
   
Judge(s): Laws LJ, Ouseley J
   
Date: 23 November 2005