North London Coroner's Court

The north London Coroner's Court.

The Coroner's Court for north London is located at 29 Wood Street, Chipping Barnet.[1] The court covers the London boroughs of Haringey, Barnet, Brent, Harrow and Enfield.[2]

The building

The building, which was previously a registry office and before that the offices of the Barnet Urban District Council, is grade II listed with Historic England. It was built in 1914–15 and later extended at the rear. The building was designed by William Bartlett Chancellor, surveyor, possibly based on a modification of Henry Arthur Cheers' 1913 original scheme. The building is unusual in being one of the few remaining small public buildings on the outskirts of London from that period. It is described by Historic England as being in a "restrained English Baroque style."[3] The north London Coroner occupied the building in 2009 after they moved from Hornsey.[4]

The coroner

The coroner for north London is Mary Hassell who took the job in May 2013. She was previously coroner for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Hassell's approach to out-of-hours service and the use of autopsies rather than scans has proved controversial with Jewish and Muslim families in north London.[5]

Notable cases

In May 2015, coroner Andrew Walker, ruled that the death of Jeremiah Duggan was not suicide.[6]

In September 2015, relatives of Anni Dewani appeared at the court to request that an inquest be heard in England into her death in South Africa.[7]

Media

North London Coroner's Court has been used as a television film location in Midsomer Murders.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Coroners and mortuaries. London Borough of Barnet. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Coroners. Haringey Council. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  3. ↑ REGISTRY OFFICE. Historic England. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Register office reopens as coroner's court in Barnet. Times Series, 4 October 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  5. ↑ The controversial north London coroner who sparked a government review. Tim Lamden, Ham & High, 14 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Student Jeremiah Duggan's death not suicide, coroner rules. BBC News, 21 May 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Anni Dewani death: coroner questions need for UK inquest. Press Association, The Guardian, 9 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Midsomer Murders Locations - High Barnet". midsomermurders.org. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

Coordinates: 51°39′10″N 0°12′07″W / 51.652893°N 0.20201°W / 51.652893; -0.20201

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