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Inquests listed for hearing

The following listings may be subject to changes in date or time even at a late stage in proceedings. If you are intending to attend an inquest please check the listing the day before you are expecting the inquest to be heard for any revisions to time or date. Please note Inquests being held in person and may be listed at short notice.

The West Yorkshire (Western) Coroner Area covers Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees areas. Please see the below list of court rooms and click on the show/hide button to view listed inquests.

Please be aware that no further information will be released to the public prior to the inquest.

Listed for hearing at:

Bradford

HM Coroner’s Court, Cater Building, 1 Cater Street, Bradford, BD1 5AS​.
(Map and directions to the Bradford Coroner's Court)

Inquest openings

An inquest opening is a formal procedure where a coroner confirms that they will investigate a death. This process is often brief and takes no more than a few minutes. It involves the coroner confirming that a medical examination has taken place and that the body can be released to the family's chosen funeral company. The coroner also grants authority for an interim death certificate to be prepared, which is necessary for passing on to organizations such as banks and mortgage companies. The inquest opening is a crucial step in the coronial proceedings, as it ensures that the investigation is deemed active for contempt of court purposes and that the coroner has no power to discontinue the investigation once it has been opened.

Inquest Openings will commence at 9am each day.

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26 January 2026

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

Lisa Jane Louise SMITH

Inquest Opening, Assistant Coroner Duncan Ritchie

Huddersfield

Bryan SLATER

Inquest Opening, Assistant Coroner Duncan Ritchie

Bradford

27 January 2026

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

Francis SUADWA

Inquest Opening, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Shipley

John Glyn BLACKBURN

Inquest Opening, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Hebden Bridge

Inquests, PIR and other Hearings

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26 January 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Anthony HENDERSON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Duncan Ritchie

Halifax

10:00

Shavai Tarran AHMED

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Shipley

27 January 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Tracy Jane HENDRICK

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Holmfirth

10:00

Peter DUFF

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Bradford

10:00

Derek Andrew EDMONDSON

Inquest Hearing, Senior Coroner M.D Fleming

Bradford

11:30

David HALL

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Keighley

28 January 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Kulsuma AKTER

For Mention

Bradford

09:30

Husayn Habib ALI

For Mention

Shipley

09:45

Ian Michael MCCARTHY

For Mention

Barnsley

10:00

Philip Alan JONES

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Keighley

13:00

Eric Douglas HUGHES

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Bradford

14:00

Rhoda Victoria NORCLIFFE

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Halifax

29 January 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Jack Christan WILSON

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Gordon REYNOLDS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Bradford

11:00

Keith FOX

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

13:30

Margaret Jane FOY

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Halifax

30 January 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Simon David HACKETT

For Mention

Mirfield

10:00

Geoffrey GREETHAM

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Halifax

10:00

Mohammed Imran ALI

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver

Huddersfield

11:00

Keith Alexander DUNN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

12:00

Paul Hedley KETTLEWELL

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Bradford

14:00

Nicholas James BATES

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Hebden Bridge

14:00

Paul Kevin GOUDIE

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver

Bradford

02 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Rita Ann WILD

For Mention

Wakefield

09:45

Margaret HOWLEY

For Mention

Holmfirth

10:00

Mandy Jane SHORT

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver

Keighley

03 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

13:00

Helen Carol LAKER

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Hebden Bridge

06 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Sammy ASKEW

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Huddersfield

10:00

Brian Patrick PRENDERGAST

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Huddersfield

09 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Steven RAMSDEN

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Liversedge

09:45

Darrell DALTON

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Amjad ALNABULSI

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Birkenshaw

12:00

Kenneth Edward LEACH

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Bradford

14:00

Andrew David WADDINGTON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Bradford

10 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

David Christopher STEAD

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Bradford

11 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Hawzhin Ali HASSAN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Huddersfield

10:00

David Christopher STEAD

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Bradford

12 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Jaroslaw Ryszard DANISZEWSKI

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Ayesha Kausar HUSSAIN

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Melvyn BINNS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Todmorden

13 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

David William MARSHALL

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Bradford

11:30

Joyce Barbara GREENWOOD

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Todmorden

14:00

Jason Andrew CHARLES

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Bradford

16 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Courtney Jade ANGUS

For Mention

Dewsbury

17 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Manuel BELLO

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Bradford

09:45

Kenneth GALLAGHER

For Mention

Huddersfield

18 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Bryonie GAWITH

For Mention

Bradford

14:00

Simon Jonathan COOPER

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Huddersfield

15:00

Malcolm SUTTON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Bradford

19 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Luqman ISHFAQ

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Charles Philip BAKER

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Lajos VERESS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Halifax

12:00

Carole Ann HOWARTH

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Skipton

20 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Allan WATTS

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Halifax

23 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Sheila WARD

For Mention

Keighley

10:00

Jeanette Tracy MASON

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Huddersfield

24 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Casey-Louise HORROCKS

For Mention

Liverpool

09:30

Paris Delle MADDEN-KENDALL

For Mention

Halifax

26 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Kirsty Maria MOXON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Bradford

27 February 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Dennis Christopher BROWN

For Mention

Bingley

10:00

Kirsty Maria MOXON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Bradford

02 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Tarandeep SINGH

For Mention

Bradford

09:15

Janet Rose CALVERT

For Mention

Bradford

09:30

Peter WALTERS

For Mention

Bradford

06 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Joshua Andrew SCOTT

Pre-Hearing Review, Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver

Bradford

09:30

Liam VALENTINE

Pre-Hearing Review, Assistant Coroner Crispin Oliver

Huddersfield

09 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Daniel Adam ILLINGWORTH

For Mention

Keighley

10:00

Ibrahim Al Noor MUHAJER

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Halifax

11 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Jack WHITE

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Todmorden

12 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Zachary Carl RAWLINSON

For Mention

Holmfirth

09:45

Ellis Michael William LOCKLEY

For Mention

Keighley

14:00

Natasha Mary HYPOLITE

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Bradford

13 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Judith ABBS

For Mention

Keighley

10:00

Philip Anthony WOOD

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Bradford

16 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Barry Edward MILLS

For Mention

Todmorden

10:00

John Bryan WETTON

Pre-Inquest Review, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Halifax

18 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Tilly Fern WOOLER

Pre-Hearing Review, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Todmorden

23 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Lee HORTON

For Mention

Ilkley

09:45

Daron Robert PICKSTOCK

For Mention

Chorley

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

24 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

25 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

26 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

13:00

Christine BEEVER

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Caroline Chandler

Huddersfield

27 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

30 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Tracey CURTIN

For Mention

Huddersfield

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

31 March 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Shamus HUSSAIN

For Mention

Dewsbury

10:00

Sophie Jane Wynne EVANS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Dewsbury

01 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Richard Mark WHELAN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Sowerby Bridge

02 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Leslie Alan LEWIS

For Mention

Doncaster

09:45

Rasa SAULYTE

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Richard Mark WHELAN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Peter Merchant

Sowerby Bridge

07 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Roland KRUMINS

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Angela Brocklehurst

Keighley

09 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

13:00

Carole Elizabeth EASON

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

14 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Darrell HANSON

For Mention

Halifax

20 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Lisa Jo-Ann BALL

For Mention

Keighley

21 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Ralph Gordon WILSON

For Mention

Liversedge

09:15

David Michael MILNES

For Mention

Huddersfield

09:30

James GREEN

For Mention

Brighouse

09:45

Christopher John DOBSON

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Xavier MORLEY-BROWN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

22 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Shena MCKERRELL

For Mention

Hebden Bridge

10:00

Xavier MORLEY-BROWN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

23 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Michael Charles WITHERS

For Mention

Huddersfield

10:00

Xavier MORLEY-BROWN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

24 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Quinn Michael BARR

For Mention

Bradford

10:00

Xavier MORLEY-BROWN

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Ian Pears

Huddersfield

27 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

10:00

Rodney GLEDHILL

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Bradford

14:00

Stephen HASLAM

Inquest Hearing, Assistant Coroner Charlotte Keighley

Bradford

28 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Leqing SHI

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Muhammad Junaid KHAN

For Mention

Bradford

30 April 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:00

Harris ABU BAKAR

For Mention

Bradford

09:15

Susan Ann DAVIES

For Mention

Halifax

09:30

David George HART

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Rizwana KOUSAR

For Mention

Bradford

01 May 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Khatija Ismail UMARJI

For Mention

Batley

06 May 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Said Hassan MOHAMMED

For Mention

Bradford

10 May 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Nuha CEESAY

For Mention

Bradford

14 May 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Owen Peter MURPHY

For Mention

Bradford

01 June 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Donna Louise SMITH

For Mention

Bradford

05 June 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Shaat BIBI

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Harrison Joe REYNOLDS

For Mention

Halifax

09 June 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Sidney Stuart BROOK

For Mention

Shipley

09:45

Adam James LONDREGAN

For Mention

Newark

06 July 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Frederick Bertram Brennan CLARKE

For Mention

Keighley

21 July 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:15

Shabbir AHMED

For Mention

Bradford

09:30

Humaira BIBI

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Khadeeja Zara MAHMOOD

For Mention

Bradford

22 July 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Jack ROOKE

For Mention

Huddersfield

30 July 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Michelle Suzanne EGGE-BAILEY

For Mention

Bingley

08 September 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:30

Sabera HANS

For Mention

Bradford

09:45

Rumeez Fizan JAVED

For Mention

Halifax

18 September 2026

Time

Deceased name

Hearing type

Home town

09:45

Michael HOLTOM

For Mention

Oldham

09:45

Mohammed Shaan HUSSAIN

For Mention

Bradford

Written inquests

By virtue of section 9C Coroners and Justice Act 2009 a decision has been made to conduct the following inquests in writing (i.e. without a hearing in court) unless representations are made by email to [email protected] within 7 days of the date shown. Inquests concluded in this way will be read out to the record on the date shown within the inquest listings. This is not the date of the final hearing, as the inquest will have already concluded by this date.

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28 January 2026

Deceased name

Steven SMITH

Nathan John WARD

24 February 2026

Deceased name

June SMITH

25 February 2026

Deceased name

Alistair Richard Maclean MORRIS