1. The Coroner; 2. Jurisdiction; 3. Reporting Deaths; 4. Decision and Inquiries; 5. The Coroner's Post-Mortem; 6. Preparing for the Inquest; 7. Inquests; 8. Juries; 9. The Verdict; 10. After the Inquest; 11. Disasters; 12. Treasure; Appendix 1: 1997 OPCS Guidance on Referral; Appendix 2: Jamieson Principles; Appendix 3: Post-Jamieson Cases; Appendix 4: Police Contact; Appendix 5: Coroners Act 1988; Appendix 6: Coroners Rules 1984; Appendix 7: Coroners Records (Fees for Copies) Rules 2002; Appendix 8: Treasure Act 1996
Christopher Dorries is a solicitor and has been full-time coroner for the Western District of South Yorkshire since 1991.
No serious practitioner of coroners law should fail to read this book...an accurate exposition of the modern law from a repected full time coroner...flows easily, holding the readers interest and attention. The summary of principal points at the end of each chapter is a useful addition. science & justice, vol44 iss4 No one whose work takes them into the coroners courts can afford to be without a copy...finely detailed but at all times lucid and accessible. New Law Journal. Christopher Dorries has written a comprehensive text covering the work of the coroner and relevant law. His style is easy to read and entertaining, with detailed references to relevent statute and case law. The book will be especially useful to those in contact with the coroner, whether a doctor reporting a death, or those more directly involved with inquests and post-mortems. Dr Clive Saffer ...This book is both useful and a genuinely good read and I can thoroughly recommend it. The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists. ..This should be compulsory reading for all police officers and doctors...this books great virtue is it's rigorous practicality...it will become a classic I will not be going to an inquest without it. Charles Foster, Barrister, 6 Pump Court.
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