Access to Jools' data via the High Court.

I have to apply to the Attorney General (AG) for permission to apply to the High Court for a fresh inquest. If agreed upon, the AG will grant a FIAT, which gives me six weeks to apply to the High Court.

Timeline of events to The High Court (last updated 19th Aug 2025)

19th August 2025 - I finally received the police report (it doesn't provide any further updates). Forwarded it to my lawyers. It continues to be a very painful journey.

9th Aug 2025 - On 7th July, Gloucestershire Constabulary Legal Services Department informed me that I would receive the police report on Jools' devices by 4th August. Later, I was advised it would arrive by the end of this week, which I understood to mean yesterday. Perhaps their definition of the week’s end differs and means tomorrow. Regardless, I am still awaiting the report and have just followed up again.

23rd July 2025 - Letter received from Minister Alex Davies-Jones (Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice) explains that while she and her colleagues deeply sympathise with my loss and my pursuit of the truth about Jools’ death, they cannot formally support my application for a fresh coroner’s investigation. This is because the Attorney General must act independently in deciding whether to grant permission (a “fiat”) for a new investigation, and it would be inappropriate for other ministers to influence that process; however, she acknowledges its importance and my ongoing efforts.

17th July 2025 - I have written back to Peter Kyle to raise my concerns about an app called LMK and WhatsApp, which isn’t covered under the children’s codes for harmful content in the Online Safety Act because it’s an encrypted private messaging service, not a platform for public content or user-generated media feeds. The children’s codes primarily apply to services where harmful content can be recommended or algorithmically pushed to users — such as video platforms or social media feeds — rather than private one-to-one or group messaging apps. However, services like WhatsApp are frequently used in grooming and abuse, especially when predators move children from public platforms into private chats.

16th July 2025 - Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, responded to me, you can see his letter here.

7th July 2025 - The Police Legal team have said I will have a reply by Monday, 4 August 2025

2nd July 2025 - I have written to the Gloucestershire Constabulary's legal team to request details of precisely what data was reviewed, how, when, and which social media accounts the police discovered before the inquest. I hope this doesn't take nine months for them to respond, as it did when I asked for the police file they hold on Jools. A large part of this was also redacted, which I queried with the Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP - Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention, and was told 'When responding to a data subject access request pursuant to the Data Protection Act 2018, the law allows law enforcement authorities, in this case the Gloucestershire Constabulary, to restrict the response (for example by redacting) if that is necessary and proportionate for a range of circumstances, including to avoid prejudicing the prevention, detection or investigation of criminal offences or to protect the rights and freedoms of others. For example, information relating to others (third parties) may be redacted, and information that could prejudice a policing/law enforcement purpose may be removed where its disclosure could impact on operational tactics or ongoing investigation. Each organisation must consider requests on a case-by-case basis and apply exemptions accordingly."

26th June 2025 - I have written to the following people to ask them to support an application to the Attorney General for a new inquest for Jools.

Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice,

Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP - Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention

Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation &Technology

Baroness Maggie Jones - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation &Technology

6th June 2025 - The Coroner has returned documents. I now need to obtain statements from Jools' friends

27th May 2025 - I have written to the coroner.

After Jools ' inquest, I only received the final inquest pack, and Lawyers have told me I should have received other documents. I have asked to obtain records from the coroner.

Jools' inquest file has been archived, so I'm waiting for that to come back. Ideally, I would like the Coroner to support my application for a fresh inquest.