HM Senior Coroner for North West Wales (Claimant)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Justice Treacy,Mr Justice Dingemans |
| Judgment Date | 04 October 2017 |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] EWHC 2557 (Admin) |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) |
| Docket Number | CO/2742/2017 |
| Date | 04 October 2017 |
[2017] EWHC 2557 (Admin)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Lord Justice Treacy
Mr Justice Dingemans
CO/2742/2017
Mr A. Jones (instructed by Gwynned Council) appeared on behalf of the Claimant.
This is a sad story. It is to be hoped that the matter will develop so as to give a degree of closure to the family concerned. Her Majesty's Senior Coroner for North West Wales makes a claim pursuant to s.13 of the Coroner's Act 1988 seeking (a) an order quashing the inquisition on the inquest held in respect of identified human remains on 30th March 1995 by Her Majesty's then Coroner for Anglesey and (b) an order that the claimant holds a fresh investigation under part of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.
In October 1994 certain unidentified human remains were found on a beach on the west coast of Anglesey which now falls within the claimant's area. On 30 th March 1995 the then coroner held an inquest as part of the investigation into those remains. No formal inquisition nor any return to the register of births, marriages and deaths appears in the coroner's papers from the Anglesey county archives but the then coroner's notes confirm the fact that an inquest was held and the findings of that inquest are recorded.
The identity of the deceased was shown as “unidentified human remains”. The cause of death was “unascertained” and an open verdict was recorded. A tissue sample was obtained from the remains prior to their burial in Anglesey, and an attempt to create a DNA profile at that...
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... ... Lord Justice Holroyde Yes. Thank you. Very well then. We will make an order in these terms: (1) the inquisition on the inquest held in respect of certain unidentified human remains on 28 January 1986 by Her Majesty's then Coroner for Anglesey be quashed; and (2) the claimant hold a fresh investigation under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. Thank you, Mr Jones. MR JONES: I am very grateful, my Lord. Lord Justice Holroyde I wonder if you would be good enough to draw up an order in those terms and provide it to the associate so that we ... ...