Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales High Court

Date: 07/26/2018

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales High Court states that the principle of the criminal law of "any reasonable doubt" should not be applied in order to ascertain whether the death of a subject is caused by suicide, it being sufficient that the suicide be proven through an overall evaluation of the tests and through a probability test

Parties: R (on the application of Thomas Maughan) Claimant - and - Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire Defendant - and - (1) Kelly Shakespeare (2) Secretary of State for Justice (3) Care UK (4) South Staffordshire and Shropshire NHS Foundation Trust Interested Parties

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life

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