Part 1Coroners etc
Chapter 1Investigations into deaths
Inquests
9CF1Inquests without jury to be conducted at hearing or in writing
1
Where an inquest into a death is to be held without a jury, the inquest is to be held—
a
at a hearing, or
b
if the senior coroner decides that a hearing is unnecessary, in writing.
2
The senior coroner is not to decide that a hearing is unnecessary unless—
a
the coroner has invited representations from each interested person known to the coroner,
b
no interested person has represented on reasonable grounds that a hearing should take place,
c
it appears to the coroner that there is no real prospect of disagreement among interested persons as to the determinations or findings that the inquest could or should make, and
d
it appears to the coroner that no public interest would be served by a hearing.