Appearances and Speeches

The use of digital scans to establish cause of death is a matter for individual coroners who decide how to proceed in light of guidance from

I am pleased to lay and publish the Chief Coroner’s fifth annual report to the Lord Chancellor on the operation of coroner services under se

The Government recognises the importance of the family cross-examination provisions and is committed to introducing them as soon as parliame

On 15 October 2018, my officials submitted a contribution to the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty.

The Ministry of Justice collates statistics on inquest conclusions, including suicide, which are published annually.

The Government is planning to abolish the so-called pre-1979 “same roof rule” from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.

Under Schedule 1 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 a coroner may only resume a suspended investigation if they consider that there is suf

The National Protocol on Reducing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Looked-after Children and Care Leavers does not place any new statutory bur

Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 has been part commenced in Leeds, Liverpool and Kingston since December 2013.

The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period.