The Court of Appeal, in their judgment handed down on 10 June 2020, considered the engagement of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in inquests relating to the deaths of those who lack capacity or who are otherwise vulnerable and reside in state supported accommodation such as care homes and who die in circumstances where there are deficiencies in their medical treatment and care which may have contributed to their death.
In any contract where one party is permitted to exercise a discretion whether or not to exercise an apparently absolute contractual right, the courts can imply a term that such discretion will not be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious, perverse or irrational manner.
The resident DCJ for each court centre on the North-Eastern Circuit has recently issued Guidance for the types of cases which it will continue to hear, the requirements for electronic bundles and directions for hearings proceeding by Skype for Business or BT MeetMe.
Tom Gent, Kate Wilson, Giles Grant and Naomi McLoughlin all appeared to represent interested persons at a recent inquest into the death of a boatman who was working at the site of the Flood Alleviation Scheme on the River Aire in October 2017.