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Investigations and inquests in north east Kent

This area covers the district council areas of Canterbury (part), Dover (part) and Thanet.

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
Inquest 9 May 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneAlan Wise6221 September 2024Margate
Inquest 9 May 2025 11amOakwood House, Maidstone Zoe Lexa5320 February 2025Ramsgate
Inquest9 May 202511:30am Oakwood House, MaidstoneLaurence Woodford796 December 2024Margate
Inquest9 May 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJohn Doyle8719 February 2025Ramsgate
Inquest9 May 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDerek Curry9022 March 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 9 May 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneOliver Scamp5130 October 2024Canterbury
Inquest 9 May 20252:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneHamish McEwan5329 October 2024Fordwich
Inquest 9 May 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneAdam Brown5514 October 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest9 May 20253:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneBrenda Hatchman8613 March 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest12 to 14 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneUpali Meththananda7620 October 2023Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest15 May 202511amOakwood House, Maidstone Mary Beel9121 April 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Pre inquest review 16 May 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneMargaret Day8618 November 2023Herne Bay
Pre inquest review 16 May 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneErnest Gray9524 November 2023William Harvey Hospital
Inquest19 to 29 May 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneArchie Squire123 November 2023Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Pre inquest review29 May 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneAdegboye Mukaila3523 March 2025Darent Valley Hospital
Inquest2 June 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneJohn Lawrence7331 January 2025Birchington
Inquest2 June 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneRaymond Evison8614 March 2025Whitstable
Inquest 2 June 202510:30amOakwood House, Maidstone Susan Lawson511 February 2025Deal
Inquest2 June 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstonePeter Copeland3923 November 2024Whitstable
Inquest2 June 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneZbigniew Kubica4723 November 2024Canterbury
Inquest2 June 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstonePeter Broster431 December 2024Whitstable
Inquest2 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDerrick Beverstock8529 October 2024Canterbury
Pre inquest review 2 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMaria O'Hare3628 August 2024Canterbury
Inquest2 June 20253:30pmOakwood House, Maidstone Roland Burden921 July 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest4 June 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneRenee Davis5211 April 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest9 June 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneJohn Hall9316 January 2025Deal
Inquest 9 June 202512pmOakwood House, Maidstone David Brown7118 December 2024Canterbury
Inquest9 June 20254pmOakwood House, MaidstoneHelen Mcloughlin7822 March 2025Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Inquest11 June 202510amOakwood House, Maidstone Paul Jemmett4516 July 2024King's College Hospital
Inquest16 June 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneJulie Pratt6628 November 2024Westgate on Sea
Inquest16 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneTadas Sadauskas405 February 2025Margate
Inquest16 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneLeone Pearce8017 March 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest16 June 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneRussell Brown5827 July 2024King's College Hospital
Inquest18 June 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneHarley Lowe332 July 2025Whitstable
Inquest18 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMichelle Creasey6424 February 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest23 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstonePauline Driver799 February 2025Birchington
Inquest23 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneMargaret Joyce8421 August 2024Canterbury
Inquest23 June 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstonePatrick Murphy7821 March 2025Whitstable
Inquest25 June 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneSophie Jackson3419 January 2025Margate
Inquest25 June 202511:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneIvan Kemp7724 March 2025Pilgrims Hospice Thanet Margate
Inquest25 June 202512pmOakwood House, MaidstoneWilliam Manning8527 March 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Pre inquest review25 June 20252pmOakwood House, MaidstoneDaman Bridger5428 February 2025Margate
Inquest25 June 20253pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJacqueline Royston7629 March 2025Canterbury
Inquest3 to 4 July 202510amOakwood House, MaidstoneKatherine Wimble478 June 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest4 July 202510amOakwood House, Maidstone Renee Davis5211 April 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest10 July 202511amOakwood House, MaidstoneRobert Fludgate745 November 2024Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Inquest14 July 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneAndy Tilbrook3911 April 2025Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest 21 July 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneKai Watson-Meyers1328 February 2025Thailand
Inquest11 August 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneJane Butterfield684 November 2024Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital
Inquest13 August 202510:30amOakwood House, Maidstone Edward Parry5423 April 2025Whitstable
Inquest22 September 202510:30amOakwood House, MaidstoneMark McGowan384 March 2025Canterbury
Inquest29 October 202512:30pmOakwood House, MaidstoneJoshua Goldstone2129 October 2024Thailand