After lunch on Day 2 of David’s inquest the coroner confirmed that the inquest would not be concluding today as time would not allow to hear from the two remaining witnesses, the court experts, and for the coroner to sum up and conclude. The final hearing of the inquest will take place on Friday 20 […]
The second day of David’s inquest started with a discussion about timetabling, continuing from a similar discussion at close of play the day yesterday. The coroner seemed optimistic that he would be able to conclude today. The coroner explained we’d moved to a bigger court room to enable one of the expert witnesses to join […]
The final witness on Day 1 of David’s inquest was Dr James Bailey. The coroner had already indicated that he struggled to see what he could ask of this witness and that his two page statement, dated 8 February 2023, was quite self-explanatory. So it was straight to Ms Bartlam for questions from David’s family. […]
The first person to give live evidence at David’s inquest, on Day 1, was Dr Fraser Young who is an Emergency Medicine Consultant at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. [This evidence was given yesterday but I’ve only managed to report it now due to the fact there is only one of me, and a […]
Day 1 of David’s inquest took place today, Thursday 7 November, in Hull Coroner’s Court, with Assistant Coroner Edward Steele presiding. There are two sets of Interested Persons. David’s family are represented by Ciara Bartlam from Garden Court North, instructed by Dawn Makepeace of Watson Woodhouse Solicitors. Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are represented […]