Civil Liberties

James Victor Amos was 24 when he took his own life in 2019. Today, a coroner ruled that Kent and Medway NHS Partnership Trust and Kent County Council had failed in their responsibility to keep James safe in the run up to his death, despite previous suicide attempts and repeated signs that he intended to…

The inquest into the death of Leon Briggs before Senior Corner for Bedfordshire and Luton, Emma Whitting, will continue from Wednesday 13 January, more than seven years after his death. The inquest was initially opened on the 4 January, but adjourned last week to allow for further COVID-19 security measures to be put in place…

Global first as British girl’s death certificate lists air pollution as a cause of death 18 December 2020, London: In what is believed to be a global first, Deputy Coroner Phillip Barlow ruled on Wednesday that Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a 9 year-old girl who lived just 25m from the South Circular in South London, died in…

UPDATE: The inquest has been postponed and will resume on Wednesday 13 January 2021.  Before Senior Coroner for Bedfordshire and Luton, Emma Whitting Opens 9.15am 4 January 2021, expected to last six weeks Leon Briggs was 39 years old when he died on 4 November 2013. He had been detained under the Mental Health Act…

The second inquest into the death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has now drawn to a close after ten days. Speaking to press outside of court this morning, Ella’s mother, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, made the following statement: “I want to say, first and foremost, thank you to everyone who has supported me and my family on this…