Course description
If you have never been involved in a coroner’s inquest, it’s important that you have a solid understanding of how they are conducted and the scope of your duties within them.
Kevin McLoughlin presents this comprehensive and informative webinar that summarises the conduct of coroner’s inquests from start to finish. It covers the key agenda items of pre-inquest reviews, the principles that derive from the case law, the mechanism of public funding for legal representation, the essential characteristics including media involvement, how the Human Rights Act 1998 can affect the scope, when juries are needed and the role that they play, the use of expert witnesses and more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
Aimed at those new to this area of law, this webinar will guide you through how to expect an inquest to be conducted.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Pre-inquest reviews: the key agenda items
- The scope of the inquest: the principles derived from caselaw
- Public funding for legal representation
- The essential characteristics of an Inquest: formalities, records and media involvement
- How the Human Rights Act 1998 affects the scope of some inquests
- The standard of proof and the value of statistical evidence
- Juries: when are they needed and what role do they play?
- Expert witnesses: identification and instruction issues
- Statistical analysis of inquest conclusions and trends
- Examination of recent cases and factors influencing the future
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