Inquests & Preventing Future Deaths - Exploring the Coroner’s Duty

Introduction

This webinar will explore the coroner’s duty to prevent future deaths (PFD). The webinar will explore what this duty is and when it will be engaged following the Chief Coroner’s revised guidance of November 2020. It will provide a greater understanding of how steps taken before and at the inquest can avoid this very public notification that their actions will put public safety at risk.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The Coroner’s duty
• When this will be engaged and when it is not
• Consequences of a PFD
• Learning lessons

This webinar was recorded on 2nd September 2021