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R ((1) Adath Yisrosl Burial Society (2) Cymerman) v HM Senior Coroner Inner North London (Chief Coroner of England and Wales as Interested Person)

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R ((1) Adath Yisrosl Burial Society (2) Cymerman) v HM Senior Coroner Inner North London (Chief Coroner of England and Wales as Interested Person)
   
Issue: Whether a policy for administering cases reported to a coroner area which specified that no death would be prioritised over another, even on religious grounds, unlawfully fettered discretion, was irrational, was in breach of Art 9 and 14 ECHR, or indirectly discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010 and/or breached the Public Service Equality Duty.
   
Court: Queen’s Bench Division, Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/372/2018
   
Neutral Citation:   [2018] EWHC 969 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Singh LJ, Whipple J
   
Date: 27 April 2018