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Bureau of Inquests

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Government Bureau F-220121102

The Bureau of Inquests is part of the Parliament of Law.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CPL-02 Reg 02 of 09 ΰΌΆ Est 1971
Headquarters Oslola Inquest House
Scale 19 offices
5,100 staff
Bureau of Inquests
Bureau of the Parliament of Law
Employees 5,100
Established 1971
Headquarters Inquest House, Oslola
Service Commonwealth Legal Service

The Bureau of Inquests holds the inquests and public inquiries of the Commonwealth, and is a bureau of the Parliament of Law. Its coroners sit on deaths that are sudden, violent or unexplained, and its inquiry offices hear evidence on wrecks and serious accidents. The causes of air crashes are investigated by the Commonwealth Air Safety Board of the Bureau of Aerospace, and not by the bureau. The present name dates from 1971, when it took over the old Coroners’ Department of the republics.

Inquests are held in the courthouses kept by the Bureau of Courts, and in the smaller republics by the circuit. Verdicts are entered in the Civil Register of births and deaths, which is kept by the Bureau of Citizenship. Post-mortems are generally done in public hospitals, although the bureau also has its own pathology laboratory in Antigua. Deaths in the federal penitentiaries always go to an inquest.

The bureau’s work includes:

  • Inquests into sudden, violent and unexplained deaths.
  • Post-mortem examinations and the coroners’ mortuaries.
  • Marine inquiries into wrecks.
  • Inquiries into railway and industrial accidents.
  • Treasure trove.

Marine inquiries are the largest part of the bureau’s inquiry work, and most are held in Lucaya, whose reefs include the third largest in the world at Habacoa. The bureau’s marine office is in Nassau. Wrecks are generally searched by the Littoral Services, and many inquiries concern the ferries of Commonwealth Lines.

Departments 6 departments, 19 offices, 5,100 staff

General Headquarters

1,090

Direction of the body; parliamentary business, legal advice, press and staff.

  • Office of the Chief Coroner

  • Parliamentary Branch

  • Press Office

  • Establishments Office

  • Recruitment Office

Department of Coroners

2,200

Coroners and inquests in the republics.

  • Coroners' Office

    25 stations

  • Coroners' Juries Office

  • Peripheral Coroners Office

    12 stations

  • Deaths Register Office

Department of Pathology

830

Post-mortem examination and the coroners' laboratories.

  • Coroners Pathology Laboratory

  • Mortuaries Office

    14 stations

Department of Marine Inquiries

470

Inquiries into wrecks and marine casualties.

  • Marine Inquiries Office

    5 stations

  • Wrecks Survey Office

Department of Accident Inquiries

420

Inquiries into air crashes, railway and industrial accidents.

  • Air Accidents Office

  • Railway Accidents Office

  • Industrial Accidents Office

Department of Treasure Trove

90

Finds of antiquities and their disposal.

  • Treasure Trove Office

  • Finds Valuation Office

Interwork Detachments What is a detachment?
Wrecks Detachment
with Bureau of the Merchant Marine, Common Navy
Survey of wrecks and recovery of the dead from the Lucayan reefs
Antiquities Detachment
with Commonwealth Police, Atlantic History Federation
Treasure trove, unreported finds and their museums
Constituents 4 bodies
Coroners’ Office
Coroners and inquests in the republics.
Marine Inquiries Office
Inquiries into wrecks and marine casualties.
Accident Inquiries Office
Inquiries into air crashes and railway accidents.
Treasure Trove Office
Finds of antiquities and their disposal.