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The Coroner's Court for north London is located at 29 Wood Street, Chipping Barnet. The court covers the London boroughs of Haringey, Barnet, Brent, Harrow and Enfield.
Contents
- Map of North London Coroners Court Barnet EN5 4BD UK
- The building
- The coroner
- Notable cases
- Media
- References
Map of North London Coroners Court, Barnet EN5 4BD, UK
The building
The building, which was previously a registry office and before that the offices of the Barnet Urban District Council, is grade II listed with Historic England. It was built in 1914–15 and later extended at the rear. The building was designed by William Bartlett Chancellor, surveyor, possibly based on a modification of Henry Arthur Cheers' 1913 original scheme. The building is unusual in being one of the few remaining small public buildings on the outskirts of London from that period. It is described by Historic England as being in a "restrained English Baroque style." The north London Coroner occupied the building in 2009 after they moved from Hornsey.
The coroner
The coroner for north London is Mary Hassell who took the job in May 2013. She was previously coroner for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Hassell's approach to out-of-hours service and the use of autopsies rather than scans has proved controversial with Jewish and Muslim families in north London.
Notable cases
In May 2015, coroner Andrew Walker, ruled that the death of Jeremiah Duggan was not suicide.
In September 2015, relatives of Anni Dewani appeared at the court to request that an inquest be heard in England into her death in South Africa.
Media
North London Coroner's Court has been used as a television film location in Midsomer Murders.