Coroners’ Courts in Northern Ireland

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coroner’s court system court specialized judicial body

Coroners’ Courts in Northern Ireland are specialized judicial bodies that investigate sudden, unexplained, or suspicious deaths to determine their causes and circumstances within the Northern Ireland legal system.

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Coroners’ courts in Northern Ireland	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coroner’s court system ⓘ court ⓘ specialized judicial body ⓘ
aim	determine circumstances of death ⓘ determine medical cause of death ⓘ
cannotMake	findings of civil liability ⓘ findings of criminal liability ⓘ
canOrder	post-mortem examination ⓘ
canReceive	expert evidence ⓘ
canRequest	medical records ⓘ
canSummon	witnesses ⓘ
coronersAppointedBy	Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
coronersSupportedBy	Coroners Service for Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom	civil courts in Northern Ireland ⓘ criminal courts in Northern Ireland ⓘ
doesNotDetermine	criminal guilt or innocence ⓘ
handles	sudden deaths ⓘ suspicious deaths ⓘ unexplained deaths ⓘ
headedBy	coroner ⓘ
jurisdiction	Northern Ireland ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Coroners (Practice and Procedure) Rules (Northern Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	Northern Ireland legal system ⓘ
linkedTo	human rights obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
location	Belfast (principal coroners’ court venue) ⓘ
mayEngage	bereaved families as interested persons ⓘ state authorities as interested persons ⓘ
mayHold	public inquest hearing ⓘ
mayInvolve	jury inquest in certain cases ⓘ
mayIssue	findings on how the deceased came by their death ⓘ findings on when the deceased died ⓘ findings on where the deceased died ⓘ findings on who the deceased was ⓘ
mayMake	narrative conclusions ⓘ recommendations to prevent future deaths ⓘ
notableAreaOfWork	legacy inquests relating to the Troubles ⓘ
overseenBy	Department of Justice (Northern Ireland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Coroners Service for Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	investigation of deaths ⓘ
procedure	inquest ⓘ
relatedTo	Coroners’ Courts in England and Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	Registrar General for Northern Ireland on deaths requiring registration NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardOfProof	civil standard (balance of probabilities) for most findings ⓘ
subjectTo	judicial review by higher courts ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Ireland legal system → hasCourt → Coroners’ Courts in Northern Ireland ⓘ

Judiciary of Northern Ireland → includesCourt → Coroners’ Courts in Northern Ireland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coroners’ courts in Northern Ireland