Appointment of a new Senior Coroner and four new Area Coroners
The new appointees have been welcomed by the Chief Coroner HHJ Thomas Teague QC
Coroners
Chief Coroner’s guidance note on the use of ‘pen portrait’ material at inquests
Please see Guidance No41 on the coroner's webpage for more information
Appointment of a new Senior and seven new Area Coroners
Find out more about the new coroner appointees
Dawn Sturgess inquest
The Lord Chief Justice, after consultation with the Lord Chancellor, has nominated the former Lady Justice of Appeal, Lady Heather Hallett under schedule 10 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to conduct the coroner ...
Appointment of new Chief Coroner
His Honour Judge Thomas Teague QC will succeed His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft from 24 December 2020
Appointment of Lincoln Brookes as the senior coroner for the Essex coroner area
The Chief Coroner wishes him every success in his new post
Appointment of Jonathan Heath as the senior coroner for the North Yorkshire (Eastern), North Yorkshire (Western) and the City of York coroner areas
North Yorkshire county council and York city council, as the relevant authorities, have appointed Jonathan Heath as the senior coroner for the North Yorkshire (Western), North Yorkshire (Eastern) and the City of York coroner areas. ...
Recorder of London appointed
Following the election by the Court of Aldermen of the City of London, Her Majesty The Queen has appointed the Chief Coroner, HHJ Mark Lucraft QC, as the next Recorder of London, the lead judge ...
Appointment of Christopher Wilkinson as the Senior Coroner for the Central Hampshire, Southampton and the New Forest, North East Hampshire and the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire coroner areas
He will take up his new post on 4 November 2019