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The Coroner's Court is housed in the Adelaide Magistrates' Court building. The Coroner's Court of South Australia is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person or fire in South Australia, a state of Australia.
A pre-inquest review for the coroner's inquest into Hassan's death took place in Pontypridd in October 2022, during which the coroner declared that post-mortem evidence can "exclude a physical causal link between the actions of officers during the period of his detention and the cause of Mr Hassan's death". [11]
There were no fatal shark attacks anywhere in South Australia during the years 2015 through 2022 (in a presumed attack in January 2021, it was later concluded that the man had died of natural causes before being scavenged by a shark [2]). Three surfers were killed by sharks in separate incidents in 2023, and one in 2025.
The 2022 sessions were streamed on the Coroner's Court of New South Wales' YouTube channel. [25] The coroner was scheduled to hand down her verdict by 30 November 2022 [ 26 ] but on 29 November it was announced that the findings had been vacated.
A coronial inquest was initiated by the state coroner and 10 recommendations were issued. Normally, the coroner would issue recommendations to the SAPOL Commissioner of Police; however, in this instance, the coroner issued to findings to the premier of South Australia, who in turn brought it to the attention of the Commissioner of Police.
The NCIS was the first national database for coronial information in the world. [2] It was established in Australia following recognition by coroners that their mandate for public health and safety could be improved if they could share coronial data across borders to identify previous similar deaths. [3]
A coronial inquest was scheduled for July 2019. At a pre-inquest hearing in May 2019, Coroner David O'Connell told the court that a conflict of interest around a detective sergeant and William Daniel being related was not within the scope of the inquest. [16] On 8 July 2019, John Peros told the inquest that his memory of the time was poor. [17]
South Australian Coroner Wayne Chivell delivered his findings on 24 July 2003, exonerating the pilot and overturning the ATSB's conclusions. The conduct of the ATSB during the inquiry was described by the court as "uncooperative and defensive" after reviewing scientific evidence which contradicted the report, indicating that the initial failure ...