Ellen Roome, Jools’ mother, sought to quash the inquest’s original conclusion.
The inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy after what his mother believes was an online challenge gone wrong is to be re-opened after the original conclusion was quashed at the High Court.
Jools Sweeney, from Gloucestershire, died in April 2022, but an inquest into his death in September that year lasted 23 minutes and called no live evidence before returning a narrative conclusion.
Jools’ mother, Ellen Roome, began a legal challenge against the senior coroner for Gloucestershire to have the conclusion quashed and the inquest re-opened.
Her lawyers told a hearing on Thursday that new evidence had come to light concerning the role of social media in Jools’ death, and that a “number of lines of inquiry” which were not pursued at the original inquest “bear directly upon TikTok’s platform and the data it holds”.
The coroner and TikTok did not oppose the bid to reopen the inquest.
At the end of the hearing in London, two senior judges quashed the conclusion and ordered a new inquest to take place at a later date.
Lord Justice Warby, sitting with Mrs Justice Heather Williams, said: “We have concluded that the application should be granted.”
Ms Roome, who attended the hearing, wept as the judges handed down their ruling.
