Practice Guidance
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April 15, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.20 Key Skills for Assistant Coroners
The purpose of this Guidance is to provide advice for senior coroners in bringing forward newly appointed assistant coroners into coroner work
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April 4, 2019
Judicial Data Processing Complaints Handling Policy
This policy sets out the standards and procedures it will apply when dealing with complaints concerning the processing of personal data by the courts, tribunals and individuals acting in a judicial capacity.
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April 1, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.24 Transfers
This Guidance sets out the legal position on transfers of Coroner's cases and provides advice on when it is appropriate to request a transfer
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February 26, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.10 Warnings to Juries
The guidance regarding warnings to juries has been revised
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February 12, 2019
Practice note by Senior Master Fontaine: The Electronic Working Pilot Scheme
The Electronic Working Pilot Scheme has commenced in the Queen’s Bench Division (save for the Administrative Court. Read the note for more details.
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January 29, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 30 Judge-Led Inquests
Guidance regarding the transfer of cases from Coroners to Judges
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December 18, 2018
Practice Guidance: Family Court – Anonymisation guidance
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, has issued anonymisation guidance for the Family Court
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July 13, 2018
Judicial Protocol update: Expedition of Cases Involving Witnesses Under 10 Years
A Protocol between The National Police Chiefs’ Council, The Crown Prosecution Service and Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service to Expedite Cases Involving Witnesses Under 10 Years.
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May 17, 2018
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 28 Report of Death to the Coroner: Decision Making and Expedited Decisions
Guidance to assist coroners in situations where (a) a bereaved family has made a request to the coroner for urgent consideration of the death of a loved one and/or early release of the body or (b) the coroner or coroner’s officers otherwise become aware of features of a particular death which may justify treating it as especially urgent
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May 17, 2018
Protocol: Communicating with UK visas and immigration (UKVI) – In family proceedings
Protocol agreed between the President of the Family Division and the Home Office issued on 16 May 2018