Inquest hearings times and dates

Inquests into sudden death are held in the courts at the Medico-Legal Centre. They are open to the public and will be heard by the Coroner or one of their assistants. If you wish to attend an inquest, please contact our office on 0114 2738721.

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The majority of inquests are held before a Coroner sitting alone. This will be the Senior Coroner or one of their Assistant Coroners. Assistant Coroners are also legally qualified and often ‘sit’ for the Senior Coroner on a few days each month. However, an inquest must be heard before a jury (of between 7 and 11 people) if the death occurred in detention (for example in prison or police custody), in a works accident or in other limited circumstances.

By law, the inquest is restricted to establishing the deceased's identity, when and where they died and how the death occurred. The verdict cannot be framed in such a way as to indicate criminal liability on the part of a named person or civil liability.

Upcoming inquests

Name Hearing Date Hearing Time Hearing Type Date of Death Place of Death Age Coroner District
Jane Eleanor Inman 23/01/2025 09:00 Opening 12/01/2025 Barnsley 62 Ms T Rawden Barnsley
Colin Cardwell 23/01/2025 09:00 Opening 31/12/2024 Sheffield 80 Ms T Rawden Sheffield
Benjamin Luke Wilding 23/01/2025 09:00 Opening 22/09/2024 Sheffield 47 Ms T Rawden Sheffield
Diana Patricia Merchant 23/01/2025 11:30 Documentary Inquest 06/07/2024 Sheffield 85 Ms T Rawden Sheffield
Ophelia Harriet Finnerty-Sutton 23/01/2025 13:00 Opening 28/04/2024 Barnsley 1 day Ms T Rawden Barnsley
John Thomas Blackwell 23/01/2025 14:15 Documentary Inquest 20/11/2024 Sheffield 70 Ms T Rawden Sheffield
Leslie Stokes 23/01/2025 14:15 Documentary Inquest 12/06/2024 Barnsley 75 Ms T Rawden Barnsley
Jenny Charlesworth 24/01/2025 10:00 Inquest 15/12/2023 Barnsley 86 Ms M Whittle Barnsley
Damien Gareth Lee Crookes 27/01/2025 09:00 Opening 16/10/2024 Sheffield 40 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Marion Hallam Hutton 27/01/2025 10:00 Inquest 15/09/2024 Sheffield 89 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Steven Dennis Stringfellow 27/01/2025 13:00 Documentary Inquest 27/06/2024 Sheffield 63 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Patrick David Gibbon 27/01/2025 14:45 Documentary Inquest 02/05/2024 Sheffield  57 Ms R Connell Sheffield 
John Evans  28/01/2025 09:00 Opening 13/01/2025 Barnsley 70 Ms R Connell Barnsley
Darren Robinson 28/01/2025 09:00 Opening 21/01/2025 Sheffield 41 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Saeed Bin Saeed Muqbel Khulaidi 28/01/2025 10:00 Documentary 22/03/2024 Sheffield 84 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Kathleen Grace Buckley 28/01/2025 12:45 Inquest 16/03/2024 Sheffield 79 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Charles Bristowe 29/01/2025 10:00 Inquest 30/11/2023 Barnsley 67 Ms H Berry Barnsley
Gordon Robert Howarth 31/01/2025 10:00 Inquest 30/03/2024 Sheffield  79 Ms M Whittle Sheffield 
Marcia Grant 31/01/2025 14:00 Pre Inquest Review Hearing 05/04/2023 Sheffield  60 Ms M Whittle Sheffield 
Craig Pepper 03/02/2025 10:00 Inquest 30/08/2024 Barnsley  44 Ms R Connell Barnsley 
George Richard Smith 03/02/2025 13:00 Documentary Inquest 04/06/2024 Barnsley  98 Ms R Connell Barnsley 
John Chamberlain 03/02/2025 14:00 Documentary Inquest 31/03/2024 Barnsley  74 Ms R Connell Barnsley 
Pauline Phillips 04/02/2025 11:00 Documentary Inquest 07/08/2024 Sheffield 77 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Hazel Jolley 04/02/2025 14:00 Documentary Inquest 24/09/2024 Sheffield 89 Ms R Connell Sheffield
Jerzy Kazimierz Kalinowski 05/02/2025 14:00 Documentary Inquest 03/05/2024 Sheffield 59 Mr S Eccleston Sheffield
Anthony Lawton 06/02/2025 11:00 Inquest 13/12/2023 Barnsley 71 Ms T Rawden Barnsley
Marjorie Mayfield Saunders 07/02/2025 10:00 Inquest 14/01/2024 Barnsley  85 Ms M Whittle Barnsley 
Peter White 10/02/2025 10:00 Documentary Inquest 08/05/2024 Sheffield 79 Mr S Eccleston Sheffield
Andrew Herrin Dodds 10/02/2025 12:45 Pre Inquest Review Hearing 20/08/2023 Tamworth 45 Mr S Eccleston Staffordshire
Helen Gray Duff Brown 11/02/2025 10:00 Inquest 21/10/2024 Sheffield 81 Ms H Berry Sheffield
Marilynn Sorsby 11/02/2025 13:00 Inquest 19/10/2024 Sheffield 78 Ms H Berry Sheffield
Agata Ewa Trojanska 12/02/2025 10:00 Documentary Inquest 08/04/2024 Sheffield 54 Ms K Dickinson Sheffield
June Bownes 12/02/2025 12:00 Documentary Inquest 11/10/2024 Sheffield 83 Ms K Dickinson Sheffield
Lorelei Jourdan Clarke 12/02/2025 13:45 Documentary Inquest 27/02/2024 Barnsley  27 Ms K Dickinson Barnsley 
Cyril Hidle 13/02/2025 14:45 Documentary Inquest 24/06/2024 Barnsley  75 Ms T Rawden Barnsley 
Jamie Stephen Cooper 14/02/2025 10:00 Inquest 11/05/2024 Barnsley  50 Ms M Whittle Barnsley 
Jon Greaves 14/02/2025 13:00 Documentary Inquest 12/04/2024 Sheffield 55 Ms M Whittle Sheffield
Bed Bahadur Khadka 14/02/2025 14:15 Documentary Inquest 22/05/2024 Sheffield 42 Ms M Whittle Sheffield
Jane Hughes 17/02/2025 14:00 Documentary Inquest 05/05/2024 Barnsley  58 Ms K Dickinson Barnsley 
Shirley Milner 18/02/2025 10:00 Documentary Inquest 28/10/2024 Sheffield 82 Ms K Dickinson Sheffield
Brenda Otter 18/02/2025 13:00 Inquest 18/08/2024 Sheffield 86 Ms K Dickinson Sheffield
Carl Andrew Riley 19/02/2025 10:00 Documentary Inquest 17/08/2024 Barnsley  40 Ms K Dickinson Barnsley 
Colin Williams 19/02/2025 13:00 Documentary Inquest 13/09/2024 Sheffield 94 Ms K Dickinson Sheffield
Paul Michael Fraser 26/02/2025 10:00 Inquest 20/07/2024 Sheffield 46 Ms T Rawden Sheffield
John Stewart Handley 26/02/2025 13:00 Documentary Inquest 10/08/2024 Sheffield 78 Ms T Rawden Sheffield

Contact the Medico-Legal Centre

0114 273 8721
Monday to Friday
8am to 4pm
Watery Street
Sheffield
S3 7ES

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