Chief Coroner
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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 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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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 27, 2018
Chief Coroner’s Annual Report 2017-18
Read the Chief Coroner’s fifth annual report to the Lord Chancellor.
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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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February 8, 2018
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 27 Jury Irregularities
This Guidance is intended to be a practical guide to assist coroners on the recommended process and procedures for dealing with any form of jury irregularity
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December 1, 2017
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 26 Organ and Tissue Donation
The purpose of this guidance is to help coroners with decision-making in situations that concern organ and tissue donation
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November 30, 2017
Chief Coroner’s Annual Report 2016-17
This represents His Honour Sir Peter Thornton QC’s final report as Chief Coroneras well as the first 6 months of His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft QC’s term as Chief Coroner.
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March 27, 2017
Chief Coroner Guidance No 16a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – 3rd April 2017 onwards.
Updated guidance for Coroners regarding Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards