29 Apr 2013
CARROLL & WOODHOUSE V CORONER'S COURT & POLICE HC AK CIV-2012-404-4779
- Citation
- openlaw-baef6d65_3437_42c6_afea_a9ee72e0ae96.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Where a coroner makes adverse comments about living persons those persons must be given reasonable prior notice and opportunity to be heard under s15(2)(b) and natural justice; a coroner's factual finding that conduct contributed to death must be supported by probative evidence and not mere speculation — the impugned paragraphs [55]-[59] were speculative and procedurally unfair and are quashed.