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Re LM (Reporting restrictions: coroner’s inquest)

Authors / Contributors: Bridget Dolan KC , Debra Powell KC
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Re LM (Reporting restrictions: coroner’s inquest)
   
Issue: Whether there should be reporting restrictions on an inquest into the death of a child in order to protect a sibling’s identity; whether the principles stated by the House of Lords in respect of anonymity in criminal proceedings of a person who was neither a party nor a witness were applicable to all courts of record.
   
Court: High Court, Family Division
   
Reference:   HB04C00060
   
Neutral Citation:   [2007] EWHC 1902 (Fam)
   
Judge(s): Sir Mark Potter, President
   
Date: 1 August 2007