Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 84 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2011] EWHC 2890 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Silber J

Representation Anna Morris (instructed by Levenes Solicitors) for the claimant.
  Jonathan Hough (instructed by The Solicitor, Westminster City Council) for the coroner.
  The interested parties were neither present nor represented.
Judgment Dates: 7 November 2011

Catchwords

Coroner - Inquest - Verdict - Road traffic accident - Collision by cyclist with HGV lorry - Family of cyclist seeking adjournments of inquest - Coroner refusing adjournments - Coroner refusing to summon jury - Verdict being recorded - Family seeking to quash verdict - Whether coroner erring - Whether verdict to be quashed - - Coroners Rules 1984, .

The Case

Coroner Inquest. The Administrative Court found that none of the arguments advanced by the claimant were sufficient to enable it in its supervisory jurisdiction to quash the verdict of the coroner in respect of the death of a cyclist who had collided with a HGV lorry on a busy city road.

Practice Areas

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