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 investigation and inquest in to the death of Dawn Sturgess.
Lady Hallett will hold a Pre-Inquest review hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice on 30th March 2021.
For all media enquiries concerning this coroner investigation, please contact Bernadette Caffarey (Bernadette.Caffarey@iicsa.org.uk or 07753 606 142)