AN INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND PRACTICE IN THE CORONER’S COURT: WEBINAR 17th JULY 2025

Representing people at a Coroner’s hearing gives rise to major challenges and responsibilities.  Ensuring that the concerns of the participants are fully considered whilst recognising the limited role that the coroner has.  This webinar  is an introduction to the role of the coroner and coroner’s inquest aimed at the lawyer involved in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation, booking details are available here.

“There appears to have been a mismatch between the family’s expectations of what they could achieve at this inquest and the reality of the Coroner’s investigation which was much more limited in its scope.“

Lady Justice Whipple in  Morrow v HM Assistant Coroner for Merseyside (Sefton, Knowsley and St Helen’s) [2025] EWHC 935 (Admin)

THE MATTERS COVERED IN THE WEBINAR

• Funding the inquest – With a detailed consideration of the case law relating to the recoverability of costs at an inquest, and the recoverability of inquests costs in cases subject to the fixed costs regime
• The role of the coroner
• The role of the inquest
• Representing the family at the inquest
• Particular areas of practice
  • Road traffic accidents
  • Accidents at work
  • Industrial disease
  • Clinical negligence
• The impact of the coroner’s hearing on civil proceedings
• Useful links and guides