Mock inquest training course

Thursday 13 March 2025, 12pm – 2pm

This session will be delivered by Simon Tait and Nicola Evans, Partners at Browne Jacobson, joined by Dr Nina Lewis, Medical Examiner for Nottingham Medical Examiner Service.

During the session, Dr Lewis will take you through the law on reporting and certification of deaths including the role of the Medical Examiner and the process for referring deaths to the Medical Examiner and the Coroner.

Simon Tait will then provide an overview of the inquest process and an introduction to coronial law.

Thursday 20 March 2025, 12pm – 2pm

This session will be delivered by Zak Golombeck, Area Coroner for Manchester City, Kathryn Fearn, Director of Legal Services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nicola Evans, Partner at Browne Jacobson.

During the session, Nicola and Kathryn will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for writing your report to the Coroner. We will also hear from Mr Golombeck with guidance for witnesses giving oral evidence in court or remotely, to equip you to understand your duties to the court and to give your evidence to the court confidently and compassionately.

Thursday 27 March 2025, 12pm – 2pm

During this session, we will show you a pre-filmed mock inquest both in court and via a mock remote inquest hearing to provide a realistic experience of a hearing from opening to conclusion. The focus of this session will be on preparing for and attending an inquest hearing - both in-person and remotely. The mock inquest was filmed in a real courtroom with Dr Robert Hunter, former Senior Coroner for Derbyshire. 
 

Simon Tait will then deliver a session on the wider implications of the inquest for the organisations and clinicians involved, looking at media coverage, compensation claims, disciplinary and professional implications.
 

This module will close with a Q&A session, where delegates will have an opportunity to put questions to a panel including Zak Golombeck, Area Coroner for Manchester City and Chris Stark, Assistant Coroner for Northamptonshire.

Thursday 3 April 2025, 12pm – 2pm

This module will be delivered by Mark Barnett, Partner and Katharyn Johnston, Senior Associate at Browne Jacobson and leading specialists in mental health law. Both regularly deal with inquests into deaths in a mental health setting. 

This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a mental health setting. Katharyn and Mark will provide an overview of the relevant coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for healthcare professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves mental health services.

Available from Thursday 13 March 2025 on-demand

This module gives you access to on-demand content delivered by Mark Barnett, Partner, and Clare Shepherd, Senior Associate at Browne Jacobson. This module builds on earlier modules but with a focus on issues which are unique to preparing for inquests in a local authority setting.

Available in bite-sized topics, Clare and Mark provide an overview of the relevant coronial law and will deliver a practical session full of hints and tips for social workers and care professionals preparing to give evidence at an inquest where the death involves local authority services.

Available from Friday 28 March 2025 on-demand

Delivered by Nicola Evans and Kelly Buckley, Partners at Browne Jacobson, this on-demand module is comprised of bite-sized content that builds on earlier modules, enabling you to access the material around your clinical commitments. A highlight of this module is the three Mock Inquest films that are based around a fictional maternity case study and were filmed in a real life court with Louise Hunt, Senior Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull and Ian Dreelan, Assistant Coroner for Birmingham. 

As well as exploring issues unique to maternity inquests, the module also looks at issues of wider application including the importance of good documentation and the impact of culture and team dynamics on patient care.