Narrative verdict

Narrative verdict

A narrative verdict is a verdict available to coroners in England and Wales following an inquest. In such a verdict the circumstances of a death are recorded[1][2] without attributing the cause to a named individual. Narrative verdicts were introduced in 2004.[3]

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