R v Coroner for North Humberside, ex parte Jamieson

[1995] QB 1

Ratio Decidendi

An inquest is an inquisitorial fact-finding process and not a means of determining criminal or civil liability. The verdict must not appear to determine any such liability.

ข้อเท็จจริง

A prisoner died in custody. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that included findings that could be interpreted as attributing liability to the prison authorities.

สรุปคำพิพากษา

The Court of Appeal clarified that an inquest must answer four questions (who, when, where, how) and must not frame its conclusion so as to appear to determine any person's criminal or civil liability.

คำกล่าวสำคัญ

"It is not the function of a coroner's inquest to provide a forum for attempts to establish civil or criminal liability."
— Sir Thomas Bingham MR

การอ้างอิงภายหลัง

Applied

Followed in all non-Article 2 inquests.