All witnesses must swear to tell the truth when giving evidence in the Coroner’s Court. When you’re called into the witness box to give evidence you’ll be sworn in. Giving evidenceīefore the inquest, the Coroner will decide the order of witnesses. email: you think a person should be a witness, tell the Coroner’s Office.If you have any problem attending, contact the coroner’s office as soon as possible: If you’re called as a witness, you’ll be told in writing. the pathologist who did the post-mortem.The Coroner decides who needs to be a witness. Some inquests only last 10 minutes, some last three weeks or more. Some inquests are “read only”, which means the Coroner will read from the file of evidence and no witnesses will attend. The Coroner will explain what an inquest is and what it will cover. If there’s a jury, they will be brought into the court and sworn in. However, if the death happened in prison or custody, or if it resulted from an accident at work, there probably will be a jury. You must stand when the coroner arrives or leaves. Casual clothes such as, shorts are not appropriate. Trained Coroner’s Support Service staff will be available before, during and after the inquest to help you. Let us know in advance if you have any special requirements. A court usher will invite you into the court just before the inquest starts. You should arrive at least 10 minutes before the hearing starts and wait in the waiting room.
We recommend that children don’t attend as some evidence might be upsetting and difficult to hear.
a statement from a family member about the person and their background.With the Coroner’s guidance, a Coroner’s officer will put together a file of evidence. The Coroner will open the inquest, confirm the identity of the deceased and set a date for the inquest to be heard. Most inquests are completed within six months of the death. It won’t establish who’s responsible for the death. person died in prison, police custody or another type of state detentionĪn inquest is a public, fact-finding process to establish who died and where, when and how the death happened.cause of death is possibly violent or unnatural.The Coroner will hold an inquest if the cause of death is still unknown after a post-mortem, or if the:
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