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LEGAL campaigners have slammed loopholes in the inquest system as a “systemic scandal” and called for an independent body to ensure recommendations are implemented.
The Inquest charity campaigns to stop deaths in custody and said coroners’ Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports were not legally enforceable.
Richard Caseby’s 23-year-old son, Matthew, died hours after escaping over a fence at Birmingham’s Priory Hospital Woodbourne in 2020 when he was left unattended.
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC