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Update from Shropshire Regional Group - 12 January

Update from Shropshire Regional Group

and

Notification of next meeting 13th April 2005

On Wednesday 12th January 2005 we held our ‘Afternoon of Death’ with a talk from Mrs S E Meredith, the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and an excellent and informative lecture by John Ellery, H.M. Coroner for Mid and North Shropshire. He covered the following points:

· a brief history of the Coroners' System

· how the Coroners' Service works

· what deaths are reported - can Old Age ever be an acceptable natural cause of death?

· when Inquests are held

· current Law

1. Human Rights Act 1998

2. R v. HM Coroner for Western District of Somerset

ex parte Middleton

3. R v. HM Coroner for the County of West Yorkshire

ex parte Sacker

4. Re: (Longfield Care Homes Limited) v. HM Coroner for Blackburn Hyndburn and Ribble Valley

5. Re: Harry Coleman (deceased) Rita Goodson v.

HM Coroner for Bedfordshire and Luton and Luton &

Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust

· The way forward - Fundamental Review of the Coroners' System

John Ellery kindly donated his fee to Severndale School in Shrewsbury.