coroner

‘No place for personal attacks on judicial officers’: Legal bodies defend NT coroner

Legal member associations stand behind Coroner Elisabeth Armitage of the Northern Territory, following an...

08 August 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maurice Blackburn national head of medical negligence and dust diseases appointed as coroner

The Victorian government has appointed the national head of Maurice Blackburn’s medical negligence and dust diseases...

13 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

New Deputy State Coroner joins ahead of Bondi stabbings inquiry

An NSW Local Court magistrate has joined the coronial jurisdiction as the newest Deputy State Coroner ahead of a major...

31 July 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Response to Coroners Court inquiry ‘extremely disappointing’, say advocates

Several legal organisations have expressed disappointment in the response by the NSW government...

04 November 2022

By Jess Feyder

Inquest into Indigenous death may consider systemic racism

The coroner is set to decide if systemic racism will be considered in the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker.

12 September 2022

By Jess Feyder

Coroner’s Lindt Café siege findings to have consequences for criminal lawyers

One of the most extensive coronial inquests in NSW has now concluded, with 45 recommendations concerning state and...

26 May 2017

By Melissa Coade