Judicial Review

In 2022, two RGP officers challenged the verdicts of the jury in the Coroner's Inquest by way of judicial review. The RGP was an interested party in the judicial review proceedings and instructed Mr Costa to represent them. Officer 1 and Officer 2 challenged the Inquest jury verdict by advancing three grounds, namely that HM Coroner's directions on: (a) the Officers' duty of care owed to those on the RHIB during the pursuit was materially wrong (the 'First Ground'); (b) whether the Officers had breached the duty of care was materially wrong ('Second Ground'); and (c) the threshold for the foreseeability of death was materially wrong ('Third Ground').

By way of a judgment that was handed down in open court on Wednesday 19 April 2023, the Honourable the Chief Justice (the 'Chief Justice') dismissed all three grounds on which the Officers challenged the Inquest jury verdicts. Please find link to the judgment here.