Inquests

Charlotte Andrews explores the limits of LASPO 2012’s family categories & the role of exceptional case funding in inquests

A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals

Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work

As neurotechnology increasingly embeds itself in everyday life, the coroner’s court faces a new frontier—where neural data could illuminate the mysteries of death with scientific precision & profound ethical consequences. Harry Lambert reports

Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers continues his captivating series for NLJ, this time exploring how emerging neurotechnology may revolutionise coronial law. With devices like Apple’s EEG-enabled AirPods and Meta’s Neural Band capturing brain activity, Lambert argues coroners could soon analyse neural data to determine cause, intent, and timing of death

“Its practical focus will remain most useful to the less specialist advocate, but it is has much to offer the more seasoned practitioner”

The long-awaited Hillsborough Law—creating a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials—has been introduced in Parliament

The Law Society has launched a campaign for more investment in civil legal aid in family, community care, inquests, mental health and other areas

What emerged from the hearings of the Thirlwall Inquiry & what are its likely final recommendations? Richard Scorer reports on the troubling picture it painted

The Hillsborough Law is decades overdue. Colin Wells & Jo Delahunty KC explain why its provisions should be used to deliver justice to those who need protection when agencies have failed them