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His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for the Exeter and Greater Devon District – Philip Spinney

Please note with effect from 1 April 2024 the coroner’s area of Exeter and Greater Devon will be combined with the coroner’s area of Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon – the newly formed coroner area will be called The County of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.

All administration will be conducted from the Coroner’s Court at County Hall, Exeter. All general correspondence after 1 April 2024 should be sent to coroner@devon.gov.uk

His Majesty’s Coroner holds office under the Crown and is an independent judicial officer.

The role of the Coroner is to investigate and record the causes and circumstances of all sudden deaths where the cause is not known, violent or unnatural and any death which occurred whilst the deceased was in lawful custody.

Investigations are carried out for the Coroner by the coroner’s officers appointed by Devon & Cornwall Police. Inquests, which can be attended by interested persons and sometimes expert witnesses, are usually held at County Hall, Exeter.

The jurisdiction of the Exeter and Greater Devon Coroner covers the areas of east, north and west Devon (see map of jurisdiction below).

Area Coroner: Alison Longhorn

Assistant coroners: Deborah Archer, Luisa Nicholson, Nick Brown.

Coroner area map shows the jurisdiction area of the Exeter and Greater Devon Coroner