Coroners Have Unquestionable Discretion To Adjourn
R (Pereira) v HM Coroner for Inner South London and others
QBD
Weekly Law Reports Summary
14 June 2007
A coroner’s power to adjourn an inquest under s 16(1)(b) of the Coroner’s Act 1988 was discretionary. Where a reason not to adjourn had been established, a decision to do so made in the exercise of that discretion could not be impugned by way of judicial review provided that the decision had been made rationally, taking into account all relevant matters and in the light of the state’s duty to investigate a death under art 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.