Inquests

An inquest is held to record:

  • who the deceased was
  • when, where and how he or she came by the medical cause of death 

When a conclusion is reached, the coroner records the details needed for the registration of the death.

An inquest does not determine any question of civil liability or criminal liability on the part of a named person.

Registration of Deaths

If the coroner decides that it is necessary for an inquest to be held, then the death will not be registered until the inquest has been completed, however an Interim Death Certificate will be issued by the coroner pending full registration.

At the conclusion of the inquest the coroner will register the death with the registrar for the area where the death occurred. The register offices for North Wales (East and Central) are:

Forthcoming inquests

It is an offence to make any recordings or take photographs within the Court Room or the Court building.

September 2025

Select a date to see inquests taking place that day:

Thursday 4 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

David Michael Ritchie

  • Age: 78
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 4 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Norman Arthur Long

  • Age: 80
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 25 February 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Maldwyn Roberts

  • Age: 94
  • Place and date of death: Denbigh, 25 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 12pm

David James Moysen

  • Age: 72
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 21 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Magdalena Ann Nowak

  • Age: 33
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 5 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 3pm

Nathan Thomas Hansan Fisher

  • Age: 53
  • Place and date of death: Abergele, 17 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 4pm
Tuesday 9 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Marilyn Anne Taylor

  • Age: 71
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 21 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Raymond Bestwick

  • Age: 90
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 24 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Mark James Edwards

  • Age: 54
  • Place and date of death: Llyn Brenig, 13 December 2024
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

John Frederick Birch

  • Age: 92
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 6 May 2025
  • Time of inquest: 3pm

Eileen Harrop

  • Age: 77
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 23 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 4pm
Wednesday 10 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Robert Michael Johnson Williams

  • Age: 82
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 29 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Alice Elizabeth Floyd

  • Age: 92
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 23 May 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Walter Sandland

  • Age: 71
  • Place and date of death: Rhyl, 9 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 12pm

Margaret Ann Linnet

  • Age: 74
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 2 May 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Robert Whitley

  • Age: 88
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 14 June 2025
  • Time of inquest: 3pm

Margaret Lloyd-Jones

  • Age: 89
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 26 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 4pm
Wednesday 17 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Carol Jennifer Hughes

  • Age: 74
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 2 November 2024
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Joseph Thomas Peloe

  • Age: 77
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 16 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm
Thursday 18 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Vitalij Macejuch

  • Age: 36
  • Place and date of death: Alltami, 10 May 2024
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Robert Alwyn Davies

  • Age: 82
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 1 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Kathleen Margaret Vaughan

  • Age: 98
  • Place and date of death: Denbigh Infirmary, 24 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Margaret Ethel Murdoch Risowitz

  • Age: 88
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 17 November 2024
  • Time of inquest: 3pm
Wednesday 24 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

John Cecil Wyn Edwards

  • Age: 87
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 16 July 2022
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Raymond Davies

  • Age: 80
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 28 February 2022
  • Time of inquest: 3pm
Monday 29 September 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Sara-Louise Hughes

  • Age: 41
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 20 March 2022
  • Time of inquest: 10am

August 2025

Select a date to see inquests taking place that day:

Tuesday 12 August 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Vitalis Mushayavanhu

  • Age: 37
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 5 March 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Peter Ridding

  • Age: 71
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 29 March 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Juliana Lindsay Price

  • Age: 46
  • Place and date of death: Buckley, 29 March 2025
  • Time of inquest: 12 noon

Alan Joseph Baxter

  • Age: 88
  • Place and date of death: St Davids Hospice, 5 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Pre-inquest Hearing: Michael Francis Quinn

  • Age: 57
  • Place and date of death: HMP Berwyn, 1 January 2019
  • Time of inquest: 3pm
Wednesday 13 August 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Pre-inquest Hearing: John James McMillan

  • Age: 75
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 4 May 2023
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Pre-inquest Hearing: Matthew Verrier

  • Age: 40
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 1 June 2024
  • Time of inquest: 11:30am

Pre-inquest Hearing: Kai Benjamin Lloyd

  • Age: 14
  • Place and date of death: Connah’s Quay, 19 November 2021
  • Time of inquest: 2pm
Tuesday 19 August 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Roger Jeremy Plummer

  • Age: 80
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 3 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Maureen Douglas

  • Age: 49
  • Place and date of death: Holywell, 10 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

Colin Griffiths

  • Age: 72
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 14 February 2025
  • Time of inquest: 12 noon

Lyndon James Mulhearn

  • Age: 60
  • Place and date of death: Prestatyn, 31 March 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Michael Joseph Lynch

  • Age: 79
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham Maelor, 2 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 3pm

Russell Lewis Messham

  • Age: 85
  • Place and date of death: Nightingale House, 5 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 4pm
Thursday 21 August 2025

Inquest location: Coroner's Court, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1YN

Steven David Parry

  • Age: 51
  • Place and date of death: Prestatyn, 12 May 2025
  • Time of inquest: 10am

Ann Elizabeth Liddington

  • Age: 77
  • Place and date of death: Wrexham, 23 February 2025
  • Time of inquest: 11am

William Raymond Thomas

  • Age: 90
  • Place and date of death: Conwy, 19 March 2025
  • Time of inquest: 12 noon

Joshua Dodd

  • Age: 27
  • Place and date of death: Corwen, 4 January 2025
  • Time of inquest: 2pm

Daniel George Joseph Csuka

  • Age: 32
  • Place and date of death: Llandudno, 8 October 2024
  • Time of inquest: 3pm

William Gordon Stuart Hartley

  • Age: 91
  • Place and date of death: Glan Clwyd, 4 April 2025
  • Time of inquest: 4pm

Treasure inquests

There are no treasure inquests scheduled at the moment.