Coroner

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Coroners "are independent judicial officers appointed and paid for by the relevant local authorities who are responsible for investigating violent, unnatural deaths or sudden deaths of unknown cause and deaths in custody that are reported to them."Coroners from Ministry of Justice


"Coroners are not designated as public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and therefore their records are not subject to the information access regime of this Act. There is a separate information access regime forsuch records over which the Commissioner has no jurisdiction" ICO decision notice

Lists of coroners

The Coroners' Society publish a list of coroners. The Ministry of Justice has also published a list.

Coroners whose contact details are listed on websites

Source: FOI requests

  • HM Coroner for Norfolk
  • HM Coroner for Berkshire
  • HM Coroner for Hampshire (North East)
  • HM Coroner for Gateshead and South Tyneside
  • HM Coroner for Birmingham
  • HM Coroner for East Sussex
  • HM Deputy Coroner for Gloucestershire (acting)
  • HM Coroner for Mid and North West Shropshire and the Borough of Telford and WrekinMr Stuart Fisher HM Coroner for Spilsby and Louth; acting coroner for West Lincolnshire
  • HM Coroner for North West Kent

Mr David Horsley HM Coroner for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Mr Trevor Kirkman HM Coroner for Rutland and North Leicestershire Mr John Matthews HM Coroner for Isle of Wight Mr Nigel Meadows HM Coroner for City of Manchester Mr William Morris HM Coroner for North and East Cambridgeshire

  • HM Coroner for North Yorkshire (Eastern)
  • HM Coroner for Milton Keynes
  • HM Coroner for Greater London (South)
  • HM Coroner for Bournemouth, Poole and Eastern Dorset
  • HM Coroner for West Sussex
  • HM Coroner for Teesside
  • HM Coroner for Greater London (West)
  • HM Coroner for Worcestershire
  • HM Coroner for Southampton and New Forest


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