Coroners court: Inquests schedule

Last updated: 9 February 2026

Next review: 3 October 2026

Note: Inquest dates and times are subject to change at short notice. Check daily for any changes to the start time.

Please note that the court is not appropriate for babies and children.  

Cases being held at The East London Coroner's Court, Queens Road, Walthamstow E17 8QP

10 February 2026

  • 9.00am Openings:
  • Vanessa Pountney-Chadha
  • Muhammed Choudhry
  • Harry Christopher Brown
  • 10am Inquest: Mark Laxon, 57 years, lived and died in Romford, date of death 21 March 2025
  • 10am Inquest: Volodymyr Panashchenko, 50 years, died at The Royal London Hospital, date of death 27 May 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: David Finch,76 years, lived and died in Upminster, date of death 04 October 2025
  • 2pm Patricia Donegal, 75 years, lived and died in Hornchurch, date of death 26 October 2025

11 February 2026

  • 9am Opening:
  • Terence Frederick Thomas Jones
  • 12pm Inquest: Harry Willmer, 27 years, lived in Redbridge and died in King George Hospital Redbridge, date of death 29 August 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: Freddie Davis, aged 11 years, lived and died in Romford, date of death 20 January 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: Carol Morley, 77 years, lived and died in Romford, date of death 15 August 2025
  • 3pm Inquest: Lorraine Punter, 56 years, lived and died in Newham ,date of death 15 September 2025

12 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest: Bhikhabhai Patel, 79 years, lived in Romford and died in Queens Hospital Romford, date of death 4 July 2025
  • 10am Inquest: Adam Siwak (otherwise Bialon), 40 years, lived and died in Waltham Forest, date of death 26 August 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: Daniel Ingram, 35 years, lived and died in Waltham Forest, date of death 8 June 2025

13 February 2026

  • 9am Opening:
  • Mohammad Rayhan Ahmed
  • 10am Inquest: Colin Clarke, 59 years, lived in Dagenham and died  in Queens Hospital Romford, date of death 14 July 2025
  • 2pm Inquest: Betty James, 91 years, lived in and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 29 October 2025
  • 2.30pm Inquest: Stephen Brandon, 72 years, lived in Waltham Forest and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 24 July 2025

18 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest by Jury: Antony James Brown, 52 years, lived and died in Hornchurch, date of death 16 July 2024
  • 10am Inquest: Adam Arden, 28 years, lived and died in Newham, date of death 7 May 2025

19 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest by Jury: Antony James Brown, 52 years, lived and died in Hornchurch, date of death 16 July 2024
  • 10am Inquest: Adrian Owusu, 56 years, lived and died in Newham, date of death 22 July 2025
  • 12.30pm Venelin Dimitrov, 42 years, lived in Redbridge and died Newham, date of death 13 May 2025
  • 2pm Inquest: Rabindra Gupta, 48 years, lived in Woodford Green and died in Woodford, date of death 1 July 2025

20 February 2026

  • 9am Open and Close: Janet Dell, 90 years, lived in and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 26 January 2025
  • 10am Inquest by Jury: Antony James Brown, 52 years, lived and died in Hornchurch, date of death 16 July 2024

23 February 2026

  • 10am Pre Inquest Review: Thomas Glasberg, 51 years, lived in Hackney and died in Waltham Forest, date of death 22 October 2025
  • 1pm Pre Inquest Review: Tracy Dale, 43 years, lived and died in Redbridge, date of death 25 August 2025

24 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest: Urmila Patel, 78 years, lived in Newham and died in Newham University Hospital Newham, date of death 7 July 2025

25 February 2026

  • 2pm Inquest: Vasile Bozu, 32 years, lived and died in Waltham Forest, date of death 22 September 2025

26 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest: Glenda Agard, 84 years, lived in Waltham Forest and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 25 June 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: Victoria Cheverall, 34 years, lived and died in Harold Hill, date of death 13 July 2025
  • 3pm Inquest: Azizun Nessa Khatun, 83 years, lived in and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 23 November 2025

27 February 2026

  • 10am Inquest: Naomi Zagoni, aged 2 months, lived in Waltham Forest and died in Whipps Cross University Hospital Leytonstone, date of death 31 May 2025
  • 10am Inquest: Wilson Aggrey, 59 years, lived in Rainham and died in The Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, date of death 9 July 2025
  • 1pm Inquest: Petro Shtyra, 31 years, lived in and died Redbridge, date of death 2 August 2025