R v Secretary of State for Health, ex p Khan

[2003] Lloyd's Rep Med 429

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

and Mr Justice SILBER

Judicial review — Whether under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the circumstances gave rise to a duty of the state to investigate death — Whether Secretary of State has power to provide funding for legal representation for the family at inquest — Whether there was compliance with article 2 — If not, whether there was an obligation for Secretary of State to fund legal representation for the family at an inquest — Retrospectivity of Human Rights Act.