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R (Scholes) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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R (Scholes) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether, where an inquest had been conducted in a way that sought to satisfy Art 2 ECHR within the confines of the inquest process, that invariably discharged the state’s Art 2 investigative obligations; whether the Secretary of State acted lawfully in refusing to direct a public inquiry into juvenile sentencing policy following the suicide of a vulnerable youth in a young offenders’ institution.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   CO/381/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWCA Civ 1343
   
Judge(s): Pill and Arden LJJ
   
Date: 17 October 2006