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- During an inquest, the coroner conducts a thorough investigation to determine the facts surrounding a death, selecting witnesses, including medical professionals, police officers and anyone else with relevant information, to provide evidence.
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anyone who may have relevant information and the Coroner may call that person as a witness at the inquest. If you are called as a witness, the Coroner may ask you to read through your statement,or may take you through the statement in court and you may be asked questions. For obvious reasons, an Inquest can become emotionally charged.
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Feb 2, 2021 · All witnesses who are competent can be compelled to attend a Coroner's Court; a person cannot refuse to be a witness because they fear their evidence may lead to them being charged with an...
During an inquest, the coroner conducts a thorough investigation to determine the facts surrounding a death, selecting witnesses, including medical professionals, police officers and anyone else with relevant information, to provide evidence.
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- Introduction
- The Difference Between Rule 23 Inquests and Inquests in Writing
- Inquests in Writing
- Suitability of Cases
- Before The Inquest
- Conducting The Inquest
- Admitting Written Evidence Under Rule 23
- Messages from The deceased
- Annex A Example of A Ruling in An Inquest in Writing
1. On 28 June 2022, new provisions came into effect allowing inquests to be held in writing[i]. Those provisions operate in addition to the powers that coroners already had to admit written evidence at inquest hearings[ii]. 2. The purpose of this Guidance is to help coroners understand the new provisions and apply them, and to promote consistency o...
4. Rule 23 allows written evidence to be admissible at an inquest hearing, if certain conditions are met. 5. Applying rule 23, coroners can conduct an inquest hearing in a courtroom[iii]by admitting written evidence, summarising that evidence sufficiently to come to a reasoned decision, and after closing the inquest, informing the interested person...
7. For an inquest to be held under s9C CJA, coroners will need to: 1. invite representations from each interested person; 2. have no-one represent on reasonable grounds that a hearing should take place; 3. consider that there is no real prospect of disagreement as to the inquest’s determinations or findings; 4. and consider that no public interest ...
8. There are many straightforward and uncontentious cases in which a hearing in writing might be appropriate. As Sir Brian Leveson stated in the Mueller decision[iv], an inquest that is conducted on the papers can avoid a stressful hearing for the family. It can also save witnesses the stress and inconvenience of having to give oral evidence when t...
10. If a coroner considers that an inquest in writing may be suitable in a particular case, the coroner should open the inquest in the usual way[v]and adjourn it pending consideration of the form the inquest should take. 11. The coroner should notify the interested persons that the coroner is considering holding an inquest in writing, as there is c...
19. The coroner does not have to be in court when conducting an inquest in writing, so there will be flexibility to work on these inquests efficiently around other duties. 20. There are no additional requirements in relation to the format of the coroner’s determination, findings and conclusion by virtue of the inquest being held in writing. 21. Cor...
23. In good time before the proposed date of the hearing, the coroner should provide the interested persons with copies of any witness statements or documents that the coroner intends to admit in writing under rule 23. The coroner should explain to the interested persons that that evidence (or specified parts of that evidence) will be read aloud at...
27. Rule 23(3) of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 states that: “A coroner must admit as evidence at an inquest hearing any document made by a deceased person if the coroner is of the opinion that the contents of the document are relevant to the purposes of the inquest.” 28. This will include documents clearly intended to be a suicide note, but a...
[Insert Heading] The Interest Persons are: [provide details] [The Interest Persons are in agreement] OR [Having received no representations on reasonable grounds that a hearing should take place, I have decided] that the Inquest into the death of [deceased’s name] can be concluded under s9C Coroners and Justice Act 2009. [Deceased’s name] was ident...
Who can be witnesses at an inquest? Coroners decide who should give evidence as a witness, and witnesses are required by law to attend. Anyone who believes that they may have information that may help can offer to give evidence by informing the coroner.
Feb 24, 2014 · The 'Guide to coroner services' is intended for bereaved people and others who may be affected by a coroner investigation or are attending a coroner’s inquest. From: Ministry of Justice
It may be helpful to ask the coroner’s officer or the coroner for a list of witnesses, and specifically a list of the witnesses who will be giving oral evidence in court, as opposed to simply providing a written statement to be read out in court.
