Originally Posted by
_Agrajag_
Seems a curiously non-standard process to me. I'd always assumed that the way that Coroner's worked was the same everywhere, I had no idea there was so much apparent variation. Then again I've only ever been to one inquest, and only then because I had a personal interest in the accident, having seen it happen and been one of the first on scene. I, wrongly it seems, assumed they all worked in the same way, to the same standards and procedures.
Give thanks that they don't AJ! As tuc says, some are exemplary in their duties, witness the Oxford Coroner informing the MOD that there is something wrong with their bloody aeroplanes! If they all sang from the same hymn sheet they would merely follow the lead of countless ministers, MPs, members of the HoL, Chief Constables, QCs, etc, etc, in not rocking the boat and sticking to the script. It is a +700-year-old institution that allows Coroners, if they so wish, to put their duty above all other considerations. BZ's to those who choose to do so!