Challenging the conclusions or findings of coroners’ inquests


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Practice notes
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Challenging the conclusions or findings of coroners’ inquests


Published by a ½Û×ÓÊÓƵ Corporate Crime expert

Practice notes
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As there is no route for a statutory Appeal from the coroner’s court, the supervisory Jurisdiction of the Administrative Court is important for those who wish to challenge the conclusion reached by a coroner or a jury, see below: Challenge by Judicial review. Judicial review is a review of the decision-making process, not an appeal.

Aside from judicial review, the only other way in which a coroner’s conclusion can be challenged is pursuant to section 13(1) of the Coroners Act 1988 (CA 1988), see below: Challenge pursuant to section 13(1) of the Coroners Act 1988.

Challenge by judicial review

The conventional judicial review grounds applicable in the coronial context are, broadly speaking:

  1. •

    procedural impropriety/unfairness

  2. •

    irrationality, (ie in the Wednesbury sense), and

  3. •

    illegality

For more information, see Practice Note: Judicial review—what it is and when it can be used.

There is likely to be some overlap between these grounds in practice. This Practice Note concentrates on some key areas of practice in which attempts to challenge coroners’ Conclusions are made.

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