Chief Coroner
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November 20, 2020
Revised Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.5 Reports to Prevent Future Deaths[i]
Revised guidance for Coroners regarding Prevention of Future Death Reports
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November 6, 2020
Chief Coroner’s combined annual report 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020
HHJ Lucraft sets out what's been achieved to manage the effects of COVID-19
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August 10, 2020
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 40 Counsel and Solicitors to the Inquest[1]
Guidance to assist a coroner in dealing with inquests that may require the instruction of Counsel to the Inquest and/or the instruction of a firm of solicitors to act at the coroner’s direction
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March 20, 2020
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.6 The appointment of coroners
This guidance sets out the recommended procedure to ensure a smooth process when running an appointment campaign for senior, area and assistant coroners
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December 11, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.19 Mentors for Coroners
The purpose of this guidance is to notify all coroners that mentoring is available to them should it be required
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October 7, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 33 Suspension, Adjournment and Resumption of Investigations and Inquests[1]
Guidance to assist coroners on the law and practice on suspending investigations, adjourning inquests and resuming them
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September 23, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 32 Post-Mortem Examinations Including Second Post-Mortem Examinations[1]
Guidance to assist coroners with decisions as to when to permit or commission second post-mortem examinations
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September 19, 2019
Chief Coroner’s Guidance No. 31 Death Referrals and Medical Examiners
Guidance for Coroners relating to the rom April 2019 there is now in place a National Medical Examiner for England & Wales
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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