Coroners

Question 1

What is a coroner?

Answer 1

• Lawyers
• Serve districts known as areas - eg South Yorkshire
• Supported by assistant coroners
• Chief coroner provides national leadership and sets standards for coroners
• Reports annually to the Lord Chancellor on how the system is working

Question 2

The Coroner must investigate a death when:

Answer 2

• The cause of death is unknown
  The death is “violent or unnatural”
• The person died while in custody or in state detention.