Powers of the coroner


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Powers of the coroner


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Practice notes
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Types of coroner

Coroners are independent judicial officers. Coroners must be lawyers, although previously medical doctors were appointed and some remain in post. The types of coroner are:

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    the Chief Coroner

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    senior coroners

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    area coroners

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    assistant coroners

The position of the Chief Coroner was introduced by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (CJA 2009). Its responsibilities include:

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    directing investigations to be undertaken

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    overseeing the transfer of cases between coroners

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    keeping a register of investigations lasting more than year

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    the monitoring of and training for investigations into deaths of service personnel

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    reporting to the Lord Chancellor

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    regulating training

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    conducting an investigation themselves

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    providing guidance to coroners

The Chief Coroner’s guidance notes and law sheets are available publicly and practitioners will find it helpful to keep up to date with the guidance given.

Each area has a senior coroner. An area means the area of a local authority or the combined areas of two or more local authorities. Functions of the senior coroner can

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