Costs: Recovering inquest costs in successful civil claims – is it possible?

Yes, but the relevance of the inquest is key, says Anthony Searle ‘Despite the difficulties that are frequently encountered by families in their search for funding, Fullick is a reminder that it is possible for the bereaved to recover inquest costs.’ Costs are a vitally important consideration at all stages of personal injury litigation, including …
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Cases Referenced

  • Fullick v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2019] EWHC 1941 (QB); [2019] Costs LR 1231
  • Powell v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2018] EWHC B12 (Costs)
  • R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent [2018] EWHC 1501 (Admin)
  • Re Gibson's Settlement Trusts [1981] Ch 179
  • Roach v Home Office [2009] EWHC 312 (QB)