The terms of appointment for the senior coroner

Please provide the following information:

1. The terms of appointment for the senior coroner.

2. The expectations of the council for coroners regarding their compliance with both the law and the standards for judicial conduct.

3. The expectations of the council for coroners in circumstances where it is demonstrably provable, and supported by legislation and case law, that the coroner made assertions that were false, misleading, or deceptive; that the coroner fabricated and applied their own procedure and ignored the procedure prescribed for by law; that the actions of the coroner amounted to unlawfulness in that they acted unlawfully, unreasonably, unfairly, and in a manner that was incompatible with convention rights provided by the European Convention on Human Rights; and that the actions of the coroner amounted to misconduct in that they acted without impartiality, integrity, propriety, equality, competence and diligence.

The terms of appointment for the senior coroner.

1. Coroner appointments are outlined in the Chief Coroners Guidance No 6. Guidance No 6 The Coroner Appointment Process Revised April 2026

2. Coroners, like all judicial office holders, are independent in their decision-making. As a result, the local authority has no authority to review, investigate, comment on, or intervene in the judicial decisions of individual coroners, nor in the management of individual cases.

3. As with all judges, matters concerning personal conduct fall within the remit of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO).

Information about the complaints process and how to make a complaint is available via the JCIO website https://www.complaints.judicialconduct.gov.uk/

Independent judicial decision making may be subject to review by a senior court on successful application for Judicial Review.