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The New Coroner’s Rules: A Summary of Key Changes - Anna Midgley, Albion Chambers

24/11/13. In July 2013 the long awaited new Coroner’s (Inquests) Rules 2013 and Coroner’s (Investigations) Regulations 2013 came into force (of application to any inquest not completed before 25thJuly 2013). As is immediately apparent the new rules divide and expand procedure in relation to the investigative stages and inquest, replacing the composite 1984 Coroner’s Rules. The aim is to encourage fuller investigations and so to have fewer inquests. In 2011 the verdict in 29.5% of inquests was that...

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