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STATEMENT



 

JCIO 43/22

Date: 25 March 2022



 

STATEMENT FROM THE JUDICIAL CONDUCT

INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE

 

Senior Coroner Tony Williams

 

A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said:

 The Lord Chief Justice, with the Lord Chancellor’s agreement, have issued Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner Tony Williams with a reprimand following a severe delay in holding an inquest and a failure to keep interested parties informed. In reaching their decision, they took into account the administrative burden created by covid, the coroner’s ill health and his apology to the parties.  

ENDS



 

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