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17 January 2008 / Peter Hungerford-welch
Issue: 7304 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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R (Main) v Minister for Legal Aid [2007] EWCA Civ 1147, [2007] All ER (D) 281 (Nov)

An inquest held in public is an inquisitorial, not adversarial, process and the coroner can reasonably be expected to carry out a proper investigation without the assistance of counsel for victims’ families; the refusal of legal aid was therefore not irrational.

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