Z’s father was a senior social worker who was working with vulnerable adults. After it came to light that he had broken the mother’s hand causing permanent disability, verbally abused her in front of Z, and generally behaved in a threatening and coercive manner towards her, Social Work England started an investigation. As part of […]
The High Court reconsiders the ‘Galbraith Plus’ test in coronial proceedings, whether the ‘plus’ really adds anything, and if so, how it is to be applied in practice. On 29 November 2016, Lewis Skelton died as a result of being shot twice by a police officer, who was identified in the judgment of the Court […]
Absent witnesses: how the former British Cycling and Team Sky Doctor lost the appeal against his doping erasure: Cycling has for many years been a sport marred by doping accusations, many of which have subsequently been proved or admitted. The latest chapter in this story concerns Dr Richard Freeman, formerly Team Doctor for both British […]
Corroboration, Credibility and Demeanour: High Court rejects appeal in erasure case concerning serious sexual abuse by a doctor The rather appalling facts of this case concern the double rape and sexual harassment (over a period of a year) of a female doctor by another male doctor. A particularly harrowing aspect of the case was that […]
The Relevance of Motive where there is Evidence of Foul Play Facts The facts of this unusual and unhappy case concerned the drowning of Ms Leeson in an indoor swimming pool in remote holiday accommodation in Denmark where she had been holidaying with her husband, Donald McPherson. The medical evidence showed that Ms Leeson […]
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