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R (Morahan) v Assistant Coroner for West London

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R (Morahan) v Assistant Coroner for West London
   
Issue: Whether, where the deceased was a voluntary psychiatric in-patient the investigative obligations under Art 2 ECHR were engaged and whether an automatic Art 2 duty arose in cases of accidental death.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   CA-2021-000737
   
Neutral Citation:   [2022] EWCA Civ 1410
   
Judge(s): Lord Burnett CJ, Nicola Davies LJ and Baker LJ
   
Date: 28 October 2022