A Lagos High Court has struck out an application by Euracare hospital to stop the coroner's inquest into the death of Chimamanda Adichie's son. The hospital had gone to court to seek a halt to the proceedings. The ruling clears the way for the inquest to run its full course. A coroner's inquest exists to establish the cause and circumstances of a death. The challenge had threatened to cut the process short before evidence could be heard and tested. Public interest in the case is sharpened by Adichie's standing as one of Nigeria's best-known writers. Attention now shifts to the inquest itself, where those linked to the child's death may be called to give accounts.