Coroners Act 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Inquiries Into Death
35. Questioning of witnesses
Feedback & supportAny properly interested person, and any other person who has the permission of the Coroner to do so, may examine a witness in person or by counsel.
properly interested person
“properly interested person” means —(a)any person who is a spouse or next-of-kin of the deceased;(b)any person who is a personal representative of the deceased; or(c)any other person who, in the opinion of the Coroner, should be regarded as a properly interested person by reason of any particular interest in an inquiry;
Where at any inquiry the report of the pathologist who has conducted or supervised a post-mortem examination of the body or the report of a person who has made a special examination under section 19(2)(b) is received in evidence, any person mentioned in subsection (1) who desires to examine the maker of that report may require the Coroner to summon that person as a witness, and the Coroner must do so.
inquiry
“inquiry” means an inquiry into any death held by a Coroner under Part 6;