Death Investigation: Coroners and Inquests

A short course for coroners, judges, lawyers and medical professionals Course director:  Peter Thornton , Visiting Professor at King’s College London (the first Chief Coroner of England and Wales) In person at King’s College London, Strand Campus, Bush House  Tuesdays on the following dates: 20, 27 February and 5,12,19 March 2024. The course will consist of […]

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New press guidance on ‘Reporting on Suicide’

IPSO – Reporting on Suicide: Guidance for journalists and editors   1 November 2023 (here) Open justice must be a crucial principle in any fair and ethical society.   Fair, accurate and contemporaneous media reporting of court proceedings is to be encouraged, and media reporting of matters stated in open court should only be curtailed when […]

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University of Bolton – Short course on Coronial Law 2023-2024

Short Course on Coronial Law  The Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Bolton is pleased to announce that the previously successful short course on Inquest Law & Practice is to be repeated in 2023 This course prepares participants for work connected to or within the coronial service – it covers theoretical and […]

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Baseline guidance on safe postmortem computed tomography

Forensic Imaging Volume 34, September 2023 This recent journal article ‘Rutty’s Rules”: Baseline guidance to safe postmortem computed tomography. by Prof Guy Rutty Sets out his ten basic guidance rules to aid develop or run established postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) reporting services. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2666-2256(23)00027-1 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC […]

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