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Case review 04/06/2019

Coroner’s inquest – civil standard of proof for suicide conclusion

Last year the High Court boldly concluded that the standard of proof required for a conclusion of suicide (whether recorded in short-form or as a narrative statement) at an inquest is the civil standard of “on the balance of probabilities” and not the criminal standard of “beyond reasonable doubt”. 

• Inquests
• Life and health
• Medical malpractice