CORONER’S COURT — Appeal against coroner’s refusal to undertake autopsy — Appeal to single judge, pursuant to Coroners Act 2008 s 79 — Whether Coroner erred in determining that it was not necessary or appropriate that a direction be given that an autopsy be performed — Whether Coroner erred in failing to consider how and/or whether an autopsy would assist in establishing the circumstances in which the death occurred — The Coroner erred in failing to consider how the results of an autopsy could bear upon the wider investigation — Appeal allowed — Coroners Act 2008 ss 25, 67, 79, 88.
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