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Senior Coroner for West Sussex v (1) Chief Constable of Sussex Police, (2) Secretary of State for Transport, (3) Mr Andrew Hill and others

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Senior Coroner for West Sussex v (1) Chief Constable of Sussex Police, (2) Secretary of State for Transport, (3) Mr Andrew Hill and others
   
Issue: Whether a coroner was entitled to obtain and make use at an inquest of documents and transcripts of oral evidence that had been presented in open court during a criminal trial where that material had protected status in law, being related to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigation.
   
Court: High Court, Queen’s Bench Division
   
Reference:   QB-2021-002090
   
Neutral Citation:   [2022] EWHC 215 (QB)
   
Judge(s): Sharp P and Saini J
   
Date: 4 February 2022