Chief Coroner
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April 2, 2024
Guidance No 46 Obtaining information regarding social media use
The purpose of this guidance is to help coroners understand their options when it comes to obtaining evidence relating to the use of social media, should such information fall within the scope of an investigation
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January 11, 2024
Chief Coroner’s Report: The coroner service 10 years post-reform
Read the extraordinary report of the Chief Coroner, HHJ Thomas Teague KC
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December 20, 2023
Chief Coroner’s combined annual reports 2021 to 2022
The Chief Coroner’s combined eighth and ninth annual reports to the Lord Chancellor under section 36 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
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December 6, 2023
Chief Coroner response to the Bishop James Jones report – Hillsborough
The response addresses parts of the report that relate to coroners and the recommendations that are associated with the coroner service
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November 23, 2023
Lecture by the Chief Coroner: Death and Taxes – the past, present and future of the coronial service
Chief Coroner, HHJ Thomas Teague KC, gave a virtual and in-person lecture on the history and development of the coronial service, and provided insights into its achievements and challenges
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November 10, 2023
Death and taxes: the past, present and future of the coronial service
The Chief Coroner of England and Wales, HHJ Thomas Teague KC, is hosting a virtual lecture to celebrate 10 years post-reform
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April 18, 2023
Guidance No.3 Oaths and Robes
Oaths and affirmations Introduction Senior coroners Area coroners and assistant coroners Robes HHJ Thomas Teague KCThe Chief Coroner 18 April 2023
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March 23, 2023
Speech by the Chief Coroner: Annual Local Authority Conference 2023
His Honour Judge Thomas Teague KC addressed representatives at the Annual Chief Coroner’s Local Authority Conference 2023
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March 14, 2023
Speech by the Chief Coroner: Death in Custody Symposium
HHJ Thomas Teague KC was speaking at the first of a series of Death in Custody Symposiums arranged by the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody
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March 1, 2023
Chief Coroner shares the report from the first ever Coroner Attitude Survey and explains how it has shaped his work
HHJ Thomas Teague KC has put the focus on welfare and shared best practice on his tour around the 83 coroner areas in England and Wales