Hearings
29 Nov 2000 [2001] QB 559; [2001] 2 WLR 710, DC
12 Jul 2001 [2001] EWCA Civ 1094; [2002] QB 312; [2001] 3 WLR 605; [2002] 2 All ER 141, CA
Terry v East Sussex Coroner
Subject Matter
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, ss 13, 19
[2001] QB 559; [2002] QB 312; [2001] 2 WLR 710; [2001] 3 WLR 605
Appellate History
Terry v East Sussex Coroner [2001] QB 559; [2001] 2 WLR 710, DC
Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed
Terry v East Sussex Coroner [2001] EWCA Civ 1094; [2002] QB 312; [2001] 3 WLR 605; [2002] 2 All ER 141, CA