New guidance for coroners

But what's needed is a completely new structure

New guidance has been issued about the use of “pen portraits” at inquests in England and Wales.

The chief coroner, HH Judge Teague QC, has welcomed and endorsed the growing practice of inviting bereaved relatives to talk about the deceased at the inquest — “what he or she did, their interests and hobbies and details of their wider circle of family and f…