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Investigations and inquests in central and south east Kent

This area covers the district council areas of Ashford, Canterbury (part), Dover (part), Folkestone and Hythe, Swale (part).

All inquests are held at Oakwood House, Maidstone unless stated otherwise.

The Senior Coroner for this area is Patricia Harding.

Contact Kent and Medway Coroner Service

Call: 03000 41 05 02 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Email: KentandMedwayCoroners@kent.gov.uk
Address: Coroner Service Team, Oakwood House, Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AE

Inquests to be heard

The following listings are all provisional and may be subject to changes in date or time even at a late stage in proceedings. If you are intending to attend an inquest, check the listing the day before you are expecting the inquest to be heard for any revisions to time or date.

Inquests can also be listed at short notice and may not always appear on this page. If you are expecting an inquest to be listed and it does not appear on the page below call or email general enquiries using the contact details above.

TypeDateTime Place of inquestNameAge Date of death Place of death
Inquest10 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneArulkuhan Selvananthan4330 August 2024Dover
Inquest10 January 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneRichard Lee653 September 2024St Margarets-at-Cliffe
Inquest10 January 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneDael Carter416 September 2024Hythe
Inquest10 January 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneWilliam Tolmie8114 August 2024Sittingbourne
Inquest10 January 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneEmma Urquhart424 July 2024Ashford
Inquest10 January 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneOleg Iasinskyi4326 September 2024Folkestone
Inquest10 January 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDorothy Turk9416 November 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest13 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneJaqueline Kite734 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest13 January 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneKevin Osborne655 July 2024Ashford
Inquest13 January 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMargaret Tallett8117 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest13 January 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJennifer Schonau695 December 2024Dover
Inquest16 to 17 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneWilliam Gaskell6219 April 2024Dover
Inquest17 January 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneRobert Brimmell8810 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest17 January 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstonePatricia Winder7016 September 2024King's College Hospital
Inquest22 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneMandy Duncan589 December 2023William Harvey Hospital
Pre inquest review23 to 24 January 20254pmOakwood House, MaidstoneSamantha Lawrence5926 May 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest27 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneLeah Daley2417 May 2024Folkestone
Inquest27 January 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneKathleen Payne8922 November 2024Teynham
Inquest27 January 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMarjory Brooks9514 November 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest27 January 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDavid Cackett7819 November 2024Ashford
Inquest27 January 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneElsie Nicholls8219 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest31 January 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneStephen Garfield6317 November 2024Ashford
Inquest31 January 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneWilliam North727 July 2024Ashford
Inquest31 January 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneBenjamin Davey1622 June 2024Folkestone
Inquest3 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneStewart Harman517 March 2024Folkestone
Inquest6 to 7 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneJennifer Winter7925 April 2024Ashford
Inquest10 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneMartin Walczak6528 March 2024Royal London Hospital
Inquest13 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneDouglas Maynard7221 July 2024Ashford
Inquest14 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneAndrew Lang654 June 2024Ashford
Inquest14 February 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneDavid Deme773 December 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest14 February 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDavid Iliff854 December 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest25 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneMicheal Wasser5315 August 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest28 February 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneEdith Cash8311 October 2024Folkestone
Inquest28 February 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneLewis Holmes2531 October 2024Canterbury
Inquest28 February 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneAdam Woolard4813 May 2024Thailand
Inquest28 February 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneCharles Walker7510 November 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest28 February 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneStephen Finnis8819 September 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest5 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneMichael Savage591 April 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest7 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneLeah Bishop144 November 2024Romney Marsh
Inquest7 March 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJean Burden9810 December 2024Herne Bay
Inquest7 March 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDael Carter416 September 2024Hythe
Inquest10 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneTravis Matthews343 January 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest12 to 13 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneBear Knight2 weeks1 September 2023St Thomas Hospital
Inquest14 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneJoanna Costello5517 October 2024Acol
Pre inquest review14 March 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneCatherine Morgan374 September 2024Dover
Inquest21 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneJames Ronayne4410 August 2024Faversham
Inquest21 March 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJacqueline Kite734 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest21 March 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstonePaul Cullen6316 October 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest24 March 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneSteven Webb7322 October 2024Herne Bay
Inquest24 March 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneBrian Goldsmith778 December 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest24 March 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneRonald Byrne7113 December 2024William Harvey Hospital
Inquest11 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneLuke Brown3126 December 2024Canterbury
Inquest22 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneStephen Paynter5628 December 2024Ashford
Inquest25 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneAndriana Bennett769 June 2023William Harvey Hospital
Inquest28 April 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneChelsea Malthouse3019 January 2024Ashford
Inquest6 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneLeon Herbert222 January 2025Wye
Inquest19 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneEben Van Der Watt5314 December 2024Ashford
Inquest31 May 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneWilliam North727 July 2024Ashford
Pre inquest review1 August 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneAntony Foreman8520 July 2024Hythe
Inquest1 August 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneDavid Norton5019 May 2024Dover