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Alexia Grainne Durran (born 1971) is a British barrister, judge and coroner.Since May 2024, she has been the Chief Coroner of England and Wales. [1] Having been called to the bar in 1995, she was made a circuit judge in 2014 and deputy chief coroner in 2019.
Bereaved families have branded a loophole over coroners’ warnings on preventable deaths a “systemic scandal” and called for an independent body to make sure recommendations are implemented.
The coroner service in England and Wales is supervised by the Chief Coroner, a judge appointed by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor. The Chief Coroner provides advice, guidance and training to coroners and aims to secure uniformity of practice throughout England and Wales. The post is currently part-time.
The post was created by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. The first Chief Coroner was appointed in 2010, though he did not take up his post until 2012. [1] Previously there had been no national head of the coroner service. The Chief Coroner is appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, in consultation with the Lord Chancellor.
The Hinds County, Mississippi, coroner's office, under fire for burying people in pauper’s graves without their families’ knowledge, released an undated policy on death notifications.
From 2016 to 2020, Lucraft was Chief Coroner of England and Wales, while continuing as an Old Bailey judge. [5] [1] As Chief Coroner, he presided over the inquests into the 2017 Westminster attack, [6] the 2017 London Bridge and Borough Market attack, [7] and the 2019 London Bridge stabbings. [8]
The powers relevant to these reports were created by schedule 5, paragraph 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 [2] and regulations 28 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013. [3] [4] The government has commissioned a report about the relevance of PFDs to suicide prevention. [5]
RadarOnline shared some of the findings explored in author Anne Soon Choi’s forthcoming biography L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood in an article that was published on Jan. 23.