Death Investigation and the Coroner's Inquest

Ian Freckelton is a Melbourne barrister in full-time practice, specialising in criminal, administrative, and personal injury law. He has appeared in many of Australia's best known coroners' inquests and appeals from such inquests. He has been a member of a number of tribunals and holds honorary professorial appointments in law, forensic medicine, forensic psychology and social sciences at Monash, La Trobe and Deakin universities and at AUT. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. He is an editorial board member of Health Law in Canada and is the author of books on expert evidence, health law, causation in law and medicine, criminal law, criminal injuries compensation and tribunal practice. David Ranson is an anatomical and forensic pathologist as well as being legally qualified. He is the Deputy Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and heads its specialist death investigation unit. He is the Director of the National Coroners Information System and has worked as a forensic physician and pathologist in the UK. He is an honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine and holds academic positions in law and health sciences at Monash University and in the Dental School at the University of Melbourne. He has published widely in forensic medicine and medical law and has participated in the international investigation of mass fatalities.

Death Investigation from an Historical Perspective Death Investigation from an Internations Perspective Death Investigation: Operational Rules Deaths and Other Reported Incidents Death Investigation Powers of the Coroner Death Scene Investigation Specialist Death Scenes and Investigations International Disaster Management: Mass Fatalities The Role of the Forensic Pathologist/ The Autopsy: Medical Issues Autopsies: Legal and Cultural Issues Identification of Human Remains Specialist Medical and Scientific Investigations The Interpretation of Injuries and Medical Findings The Medical Report and the Giving of Evidence Advocacy Inquest Hearings Inquest Findings, Recommendations and Reports Appeals, Reviews and Reopening of Inquests Death Investigation and Coroners: The Future Appendix 1 Coronial Death Investigation: Operational Activities Appendix 2 Examples of coroners' findings and recommendations Appendix 3 A coroner's information booklet Appendix 4 The Australian National Coroners Information System Appendix 5 Medical report and pro forma checklists Appendix 6 Body Charts Appendix 7 Police death notification form for the coroner Appendix 8 Quebec Code of Ethics for Coroners Appendix 9 Practice direction: Guidelines for expert witnesses in proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia