Attorney general ‘sorry’

Four-year inquest delay blamed on administrative error by former government

The High Court has expressed “concern” about a delay by the attorney general’s office of more than four years in authorising a new inquest into the apparent suicide of a young man whose death might have been prevented.

Under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988, a new inquest may be ordered by the High Court in the interests of justice when, for example, …