R v HM Coroner for the Western District of Somerset, ex p Middleton

[2004] Lloyd's Rep Med 288

HOUSE OF LORDS

Lord BINGHAM of Cornhill, Lord HOPE of Craighead, Lord WALKER of Gestingthorpe, Baroness HALE of Richmond, and Lord CARSWELL

Inquests — ECHR Article 2 — Nature of procedural obligation on state to investigate death where Article 2 may have been violated — Adequacy of coroners” inquests as means of discharging that obligation — Reinterpretation of rule 36 of Coroners Rules 1984 in light of Convention obligations