Gabriel v Coroners Court of Victoria

• 1. Coroner's Court
  2. › Autopsy
  3. › Refusal to direct autopsy
  4. › Appeal to Supreme Court on question of law
  5. › Whether coroner applied correct statutory test of necessity
  6. › Whether necessity assessed by reference to all findings required under s 67(1)
  7. › Whether failure to consider circumstances of death as distinct from cause of death constituted error of law
  8. › Coroners Act 2008 (Vic), ss 25, 67, 79, 88
• 1. Coroner's Court
  2. › Autopsy
  3. › Appropriateness of direction
  4. › Meaning of 'appropriate' in s 25(2)
  5. › Whether appropriateness assessment infected by same error as necessity assessment
  6. › Coroners Act 2008 (Vic), s 25(2)
• 1. Coroner's Court
  2. › Practice and procedure
  3. › Role of Coroners Court as respondent on appeal
  4. › Application of Hardiman principles
  5. › Whether Hardiman position unduly cautious where no prospect of matter returning to coroner
  6. › Coroners Act 2008 (Vic), s 88

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