This webinar is an introduction to the role of the coroner and coroner’s inquest aimed at the lawyer involved in personal injury and clinical negligence litigation. 

• Funding the inquest - With a detailed consideration of the case law relating to the recoverability of costs at an inquest, and the recoverability of inquests costs in cases subject to the fixed costs regime
• The role of the coroner
• The role of the inquest
• Representing the family at the inquest
• Particular areas of practice: road traffic accidents; accidents at work; industrial disease; clinical negligence
• The impact of the coroner’s hearing on civil hearings