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Inquest Lawyers Group

01 November 1991

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On 25 September 1991 the Inquest Lawyers' Group was launched at a public meeting attended by over 100 lawyers, families of those who have died in custody, and prison service officials. There were 49 deaths of men and boys by suicide in prisons in England and Wales in 1990. Lawyers and a bereaved parent, Mr Hills, spoke of the inhumanities and injustices of the present coroners' court system for finding out the truth behind a death. Mr Hills said that his son's suicide note was not disclosed to him in full until it was read out at the inquest. Common problems which the group resolved to tackle were the lack of a right to advance disclosure (or any disclosure) of evidence, the lack of legal aid for bereaved families, and the restrictions on verdicts which the coroner could accept.

Inquest Lawyers Group 2 Garden Court Temple London EC4Y 9BL.

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