If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can contact IPSO here. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. Newport City Council is following and implementing best practice regarding coronavirus as advised by the government and Public Health Wales. Please note: Coroners are not employed by the Local Authority. A coroner is a special type of judge appointed by a local authority to investigate certain deaths. She added: “Your allegation that the reasons for changing the ways that inquests are currently being heard in Gwent is due to the 'difficulties caused to Coroner Service' or for 'administrative convenience' is frankly offensive. “We reject the suggestion that we have no concern for the bereaved – all journalists deal daily and weekly with the families of those who have died in tragic circumstances, and are acutely aware of the emotional impact of such loss, and of our responsibility to ensure that we do not add to it. ©Copyright 2001-2020. INQUESTS in Gwent have been adjourned until the end of the coronavirus lockdown after the coroner was accused of “acting illegally” by holding them behind closed doors. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Gwent Record Office, H. M. Coroner of Monmouthshire, Coroners' Inquest Files, catalogue; Hey, David, Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family … During the coronavirus crisis, we cannot see why such hearings cannot be held in an office with the right equipment– they do not have to be in the coroner’s specific courtroom – as long as journalists and the public have access to them. This decision prompted a complaint by London-based news agency the Press Association (PA), which claimed the move was "unlawful".

In a letter to Ms Saunders, PA's legal editor Mike Dodd said he was particularly troubled that the inquest into the death of 13-year-old Carson Price, who was found unconscious in Ystrad Mynach Park last year after taking ecstasy, earlier this month was held in private. “It is disappointing that whilst purportedly 'acting as the eyes and ears of the public' there is an important sector of the public; the bereaved of Gwent, who do not so much as get a mention in your letter.”. HP10 9TY | 01676637 | Registered in England & Wales.

Gwent Coroner Service, Civic Centre, Newport NP20 4UR . He suggested hearings could be streamed online through a system such as Zoom or or Skype. A Gannett Company. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. INQUESTS in Gwent have been adjourned until the end of the coronavirus lockdown after the coroner was accused of “acting illegally” by holding them behind closed doors. Cancellations with short notice may also not appear. Complex / Jury inquests that are expected to last longer, and are arranged well in advance, are also shown on a separate page. If you are concerned that an inquest for a relative of yours does not appear, or if you are coming to observe and want to check the hearing is going to proceed, you are welcome to contact the office on the numbers provided on the How to contact the Coroner and the Coroner’s Officers page. These pages show the inquests that are listed for hearing in the next month or so. It is possible that if an inquest is listed at very short notice, it may not appear in the online diary.

Ms Saunders wrote back to Mr Dodd to tell him: “I do not need a lecture about the principle of open justice.”. All inquests are required by law to be heard in public, with the public and the press entitled to attend.

The Coroner's Court is an open court and members of the public (including members of the press) are entitled to attend should they wish. The Chief Coroner and the Lord Chancellor must give their consent to each proposed appointment. We simply pointed this out to the coroner. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. We ask all visitors to be sensitive to the needs of the bereaved family - please read and comply with the requests in the online guide to visiting court.

“The reason was to avoid families waiting even longer and to reduce the waiting list for new inquests. Coroners work within a framework of law passed by Parliament and are appointed by a local authority but remain independent judicial office holders. Coroners investigate deaths that have been reported to them if they think that: When a death is reported to a coroner, the coroner decides whether an investigation is needed and if it is, investigates to establish: Read the Gov.UK Guide to Coroner Services, Newport City Council, Civic Centre, Newport, South Wales, NP20 4UR, Brynglas House Training and Development Unit, the cause of death is unknown or unconfirmed, the person died in prison, police custody or another type of state detention, any information they need to register the death, use information discovered during the investigation to help prevent other deaths. Please note: The Coroner's office is located at Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2QS. Email: Gwent.Coroner@newport.gov.uk Gwent Coroner Service represents the following local authorities: Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen “All these involve is an internet link, a laptop computer, and an application such as, for example, Skype for Business or Zoom.

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It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. "We have considerable sympathy for the difficulties facing the Coroner Service at this time – the coronavirus pandemic has affected organisations and businesses across the country, and the world – and also for the desire to avoid delays or upset for the families and friends of the deceased. How to contact the Coroner and the Coroner’s Officers. Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project.