Coroners Act 2006

Question 1

Types of Death that MUST be reported to the Coroner

S.C.U.M.B.I.E

Answer 1

• SUICIDE
• CAUSE unknown, no DR’s cert issued
• UNNATURAL or violent death
• MEDICAL, surgical or dental operation/procedure
• INSTITUTIONAL deaths Psychiatric, Hospitals, Rest Home, Prisons
• ENACTMENTS requires holding an inquest

Question 2

Coroners Act 2006, S.15

Answer 2

Police have a duty to REPORT THE IMMEDIATELY to the Coroner

Question 3

Coroners Act 2006, S.33

Answer 3

The Coroner has authority over who is present during the post-mortem. The IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT to the POST MORTEM being carried out

Question 4

The Coroner opens and conducts an inquiry for 3 purposes; 1/3

Answer 4

• FACT the person has died
• ID of the deceased
• CAUSE of death
• WHERE and WHEN death occurred
• CIRCUMSTANCE of the death

Question 5

The Coroner opens and conducts an inquiry for 3 purposes; 2/3

Answer 5

To make recommendations on deaths causing public attention to reduce the chances of it re-occurring or other deaths in circumstances similar

Question 6

The Coroner opens and conducts an inquiry for 3 purposes; 3/3

Answer 6

Determine whether the public interest would be served by the death being investigated

Question 7

Circumstances that MUST hold an inquiry into the following deaths

Answer 7

• Suicide
• Institutional deaths
• Any death in which the Coroner is not satisfied that the cause or circumstances of death haven’t been clearly established

Question 8

Coroners duty or obligations..

Answer 8

A CORONERS INQUIRY IS AN INVESTIGATION into the FACTS, CAUSES AND CIRCUMSTANCES of the death. It is NOT to determine civil, criminal or disciplinary liability

Question 9

Post-mortems…

Answer 9

Examination by a pathologist of a persons body to determine the cause of death