The Coroner’s Office in Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire is continuing to operate as normal although staff are now working from home in line with Government guidance with regard to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
The Coroner’s office team are endeavoring to list inquests where it is possible to do so subject to the national guidelines around the pandemic. All inquest hearings will be published on this site. The court will continue to operate every day until further notice. We will open inquests on Monday of each week. Please be aware that we will deal with certain fast track inquests to ensure the deceased can be released in a timely fashion as appropriate. If you have an interest in a particular inquest please email your contact details along with the details of the deceased to coroners@stoke.gov.uk and my team will arrange to notify you when a hearing is listed.
We would appreciate your understanding and co-operation at this time.
| Inquest Date | Time | Name of Deceased | Age | Date of Death | Place of Death | Hearing Type |
| Monday 29 November | NO INQUESTS | |||||
| Tuesday 30 November | 9:30 | Claire Johnston | 35 | 06/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open |
| Jeffrey Johnson | 70 | 31/10/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Open | ||
| Nicola Gerrard | 49 | 11/11/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Open | ||
| Wednesday 1 December | NO INQUESTS | |||||
| Thursday 2 December | 9:30 | Christine June Yates | 72 | 14/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open |
| 10:00 | Andrew Bayley-Machin | 41 | 20/06/2018 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final - Day 1 | |
| Friday 3 December | 9:30 | Janet Denise Sutton | 63 | 15/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open |
| Michael James Robinson | 70 | 19/11/2021 | Douglas Macmillan Hospice | Open | ||
| Michael Clifford | 40 | 10/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open | ||
| Patricia Madeline Brown | 66 | 08/11/2021 | Open | |||
| 10:00 | Andrew Bayley-Machin | 41 | 20/06/2018 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final - Day 2 | |
| Inquest date | Time | Name of deceased | Age | Date of death | Place of death | Hearing type |
| Monday 6 December | 9:30 | Lesley Stubbs | 66 | 16/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open |
| 10:00 | Bartlomiej Sobon | 34 | 20/02/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Pre-inquest review | |
| 10:00 | Andrew Bayley-Machin | 41 | 20/06/2018 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final - Day 3 | |
| 11:00 | Tina Cartlidge | 59 | 07/04/2020 | Stoke-on-Trent | Pre-inquest review | |
| 11:30 | Brian Crowther | 87 | 13/08/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final | |
| 13:30 | John Paul Rizza | 40 | 21/08/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Final | |
| 14:30 | Evelyn Hulme | 95 | 21/08/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final | |
| Tuesday 7 December | 09:30 | Michele Louise Hall | 52 | 16/11/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Open |
| 9:30 | Glyn Paul Sherratt | 56 | 17/11/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Open | |
| 10:00 | Andrew Bayley-Machin | 41 | 20/06/2018 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final - Day 4 | |
| Wednesday 8 December | 10:00 | Ethel Mary Oakden | 77 | 21/07/2021 | Leek | Final |
| 10:00 | Andrew Bayley-Machin | 41 | 20/06/2018 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final - Day 5 | |
| Thursday 9 Decemebr | NO INQUESTS | |||||
| Friday 10 December | 9:30 | Iris McLellan | 89 | 20/11/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open |
| 9:30 | Dawn Williams | 53 | 20/03/2021 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Open/Final | |
| 10:00 | Jason Leese | 50 | 25/08/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Pre inquest review | |
| 12:00 | Julie Denise Foster | 43 | 28/08/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Final | |
| 13:00 | Danielle Anna Catherine Mather | 33 | 13/11/2020 | Royal Stoke University Hospital | Final | |
| 15:00 | Emma Michelle Regan | 37 | 04/09/2021 | Stoke-on-Trent | Final | |