The Weekly Law Reports
[2001] 3 WLR 605
Court of Appeal
Terry
v
East Sussex Coroner
[2001] EWCA Civ 1094
2001 June 19;
July 12
July 12
Simon Brown, May and Dyson LJJ
Coroner
— Inquest
— Duty to hold
— Coroner satisfied following post mortem that inquest unnecessary
— Certificate issued stating death due to natural causes
— Deceased's family subsequently claiming new evidence showing death due to unnatural causes
— Whether coroner having power to order inquest
— Whether functus officio
—
Coroners Act 1988 (c 13), ss. 13, 19