Summary
THE ancient courts that investigate suspicious deaths are to be allowed to operate in secret, ministers declared yesterday.
New powers for coroners will mean they can suppress evidence at inquests about violent or unnatural deaths and expel the public from their courtrooms.See the full content of this document
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New Powers Will Let Coroners Hear Inquests in Secret
The crackdown is to be introduced by Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer on the grounds that it will protect the privacy of families and serve the cause of ' openness'.
But the investigations Lord Falconer most keenly wants to keep secret to spare the pain of relatives those into the deaths of suicides or c...See the full content of this document
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