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HM Coroners are independent judicial office holders appointed by the Crown and funded by their local authorities.

HM Coroner must investigate someone’s death if:

  • the cause of death is unknown
  • the death was violent or unnatural
  • the person died in state detention eg police; prison; whilst under s.2/3 Mental Health Act

Deaths are referred to HM Coroner by the police, hospitals and GPs.

A Registrar will refer a death to HM Coroner if the Registrar believes a medical certificate of death provided by a doctor is defective or may need looking into.

HM Coroners are independent judicial office holders appointed by the Crown and funded by their local authorities.

HM Coroner must investigate someone’s death if:

  • the cause of death is unknown
  • the death was violent or unnatural
  • the person died in state detention eg police; prison; whilst under s.2/3 Mental Health Act

Deaths are referred to HM Coroner by the police, hospitals and GPs.

A Registrar will refer a death to HM Coroner if the Registrar believes a medical certificate of death provided by a doctor is defective or may need looking into.