Nico

I is for Inquest (part one)

At work I’ve been writing for an A-Z for families.  When I got to “I is for Inquest” I found it difficult to create a few simple sentences, mainly because I believe the inquest and the coronial system is outdated and unfit for purpose.  The Coroners Society says that although the office has been in place for eight hundred years, it’s survived for that long because it is constantly evolving.  I think it’s time for another evolution. Currently an inquest is presided over by the coroner for the county the person died in.  The coroner is presiding over an inquest which has only one purpose – to decide where, when, why and how the person died. The role of the inquest is...