Jodey Whiting died in February 2017 as a result of an overdose. She had a complex history of physical and mental health problems. Her death came two weeks after her benefits were stopped by The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) because she did not attend a Work Capability Assessment. Following an inquest in May […]
Mr Robert Ginn took his own life at HMP Pentonville on 5 November 2018. HM Senior Coroner for Inner London determined that Article 2 was engaged and conducted the inquest with a jury. The inquest lasted six days and heard from 27 witnesses, 14 of whom gave evidence orally. At the conclusion of the inquest […]
Facts The deceased, Jodey Whiting, had a history of back pain and mental ill health, including previous overdoses. She died as the result of an overdose of prescription medication. At the inquest into her death, the Coroner heard evidence that Ms Whiting had been suffering from severe stress in the period leading to her death. […]
The case of Rabone v Penine Care NHS Foundation Trust [2012] 2 AC 72 was significant in extending the state’s duties under Article 2 to voluntary mental health patients where they are sufficiently vulnerable, there is a real and immediate risk of suicide of which the hospital or trust were aware and where there is an assumption of control. In […]
On 11 December 2019 Robert Howley, the former Wales rugby team’s assistant coach, was banned from rugby for 18 months by a Judicial Committee of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), chaired by Sir Wyn Williams, after falling foul of the World Rugby rules on gambling. The investigation into Mr Howley commenced when an employee of […]
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