Human-Rights-Commission-R-v-Lincolnshire-Coroner.pdf [pdf, 123 KB]
...practice is that it allows the coroner to summarise the evidence that he/she proposes to call and gives all parties the opportunity to be heard as to whether there are any other witnesses that the coroner may wish to consider calling. 38. Her affidavit was filed just before the hearing started, and when we read it we told Miss Hewitt, who appeared for the coroner, that we would welcome it if we could be provided with more evidence about contemporary practice among coroners. This was provided t...