Recent Supreme Court decision

R (Maguire) v His Majesty's Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde and Another [2023] UKSC 20

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal involving a challenge to a direction by a coroner that an expanded conclusion was not required in a case concerning the death of a vulnerable adult in February 2017. The ruling confirms the approach taken in R (Morahan) v HM Assistant Coroner for West London [2022] EWCA Civ 1410; [2023] Med LR 1 and offers additional clarity about the application of art 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in inquests involving issues in healthcare.