Who is a properly interested person?
The categories of properly interested persons are set out in the Coroners Rules 1984 (as amended). They include: – a parent, spouse, child, civil partner or partner and any personal representative of the deceased; – any beneficiary of a life insurance policy on the deceased; – any insurer having issued such a policy; – a representative from a Trade Union to whom the deceased belonged at the time of death (if the death arose in connection with the person’s employment or was due to industrial disease); – anyone whose action or failure to act may, in the coroner’s view, have contributed to the death; – the Chief Officer of Police (who may only ask witnesses questions through a lawyer); – any person appointed as an inspector or a representative of an enforcing authority or a person appointed by a Government Department to attend the inquest; or – anyone else who the coroner may decide also has a proper interest. The coroner decides who will be given properly interested person status.
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