Sharon O'Brien v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens

CourtKing's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
JudgeHhj Sephton Kc
Neutral Citation[2025] EWHC 362 (Admin)
Date20 September 2024
Year2024
CounselKate Stone,Louis Browne Kc,David Illingworth,Robert Cohen
Sharon O'Brien v. HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens: Judgment
Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 362 (Admin)
Case No: AC-2023-MAN-000263
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT (MANCHESTER)
Manchester District Registry,
Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West,
Manchester M60 9DJ
Date: 20/09/2024
Before:
HHJ Sephton KC, sitting as a Judge of the High Court
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Between:
Sharon O'Brien Claimant
- and –
HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens Defendant
(1) Chief Constable Merseyside Police
(2) Alan McMahon
Interested Parties
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Kate Stone instructed by Irwin Mitchell LLP for the Claimants
Louis Browne KC and David Illingworth instructed by Sefton MBC Legal Services
Department for the Defendant
Robert Cohen instructed by Legal Services Department, Merseyside Police for the First
Interested Party
The Second Interested Party did not appear and was not represented.
Hearing date: 20 September 2024
JUDGMENT
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