JAMAICA: Data from Coroner’s Court

Special Coroner’s Court

Year: 2012
Quarter / Number of cases received from the parishes / Number of cases before the court for mention or inquest / Matters Disposed
1st (January- March) / - / - / 13
2nd (April- June / 23 / 97 / 17
3rd (July- September) / - / - / -
4th (October- December) / 12 / 106 / 18
Total / 35 / 203 / 48

* It should be noted that cases disposed include cases received in 2011 and 2012

Year: 2013
Quarter / Number of cases received from the parishes / Number of cases before the court for mention or inquest / Matters Disposed
1st (January- March) / - / - / -
2nd (April- June / - / - / -
3rd (July- September) / 19 / 62 / 15
4th (October- December) / 64 / 71 / 13
Total / 83 / 133 / 28

* It should be noted that cases disposed include cases received in 2011 - 2013

Year: 2014
Quarter / Number of cases received from the parishes / Number of cases before the court for Mention or inquest / Matters Disposed
1st (January- March) / 6 / 76 / 14
2nd (April- June / 33 / 79 / 16
3rd (July- September) / 32 / 71 / 15
4th (October- December) / 5 / 65 / 19
Total / 76 / 291 / 64

* It should be noted that cases disposed include cases received in 2011 – 2014

Year: 2015
Quarter / Number of cases received from the parishes / Number of cases before the court for Mention or inquest / Matters Disposed
1st (January- March) / 7 / 64 / 16
2nd (April- June / - / - / -
3rd (July- September) / - / - / -
4th (October- December) / - / - / -
Total / 7 / 64 / 16

* It should be noted that cases disposed include cases received in 2011 - 2015

Summary Table 2012 - 2015
Quarter / Number of cases received from the parishes / Number of cases before the court for Mention or inquest / Matters Disposed
2012 / 35 / 203 / 48
2013 / 83 / 133 / 28
2014 / 76 / 291 / 64
2015 / 7 / 64 / 16
Total / 201 / 691 / 156

* It should be noted that cases disposed include cases received in 2011 - 2015

Note: The figures are not mutually exclusive hence it is not possible to determine the number of matters brought forward from year to year and to indicate the number of Coroner’s matters that remain pending at this time. The Ministry has not received data for 2016 since the fire that occurred in December 2015.

Coroner’s Court

Year: 2015
PARISH / CASES BROUGHT FORWARD / CORONER’S CASES FILED / TOTAL LISTED / CASES DISPOSED / DISPOSAL RATE %
Corporate Area / 73 / 130 / 203 / 151 / 74.38
St Thomas / 18 / 2 / 20 / 3 / 15.00
Portland / 15 / 11 / 26 / 6 / 23.08
St Mary / 35 / 1 / 36 / 1 / 2.78
St Ann / 97 / 3 / 100 / 1 / 1.00
Trelawny / 21 / 8 / 29 / 3 / 10.34
St James / 38 / 38 / 5 / 13.16
Hanover / 5 / 4 / 9 / 3 / 33.33
Westmoreland / 4 / 23 / 27 / 20 / 74.07
St Elizabeth / 17 / 1 / 18 / 0 / 0.00
Manchester / 71 / 13 / 84 / 7 / 8.33
Clarendon / 50 / 49 / 99 / 22 / 22.22
St Catherine / 74 / 74 / 3 / 4.05
Total / 518 / 245 / 763 / 225 / 29.49
Year: 2016 (January- September)
PARISH / CASES BROUGHT FORWARD / CORONER’S CASES FILED / TOTAL LISTED / CASES DISPOSED / DISPOSAL RATE %
Corporate Area / - / - / - / - / 0.00
St Thomas / 17 / 0 / 17 / 1 / 5.88
Portland / 18 / 7 / 25 / 2 / 8.00
St Mary / 35 / 0 / 35 / 0 / 0.00
St Ann / 99 / 0 / 99 / 0 / 0.00
Trelawny / 25 / 6 / 31 / 2 / 6.45
St James / 36 / 0 / 36 / 0 / 0.00
Hanover / 6 / 1 / 7 / 3 / 42.86
Westmoreland / 7 / 6 / 13 / 0 / 0.00
St Elizabeth / 3 / 3 / 6 / 2 / 33.33
Manchester / 77 / 8 / 85 / 6 / 7.06
Clarendon / 77 / 35 / 112 / 14 / 12.50
St Catherine / 71 / 0 / 71 / 11 / 15.49
Total / 471 / 66 / 537 / 41 / 7.64

*Since the fire at the corporate area coroner’s court no data has been submitted.

Summary Table 2015 – 2016 (to date)
YEAR / CASES BROUGHT FORWARD / CORONER’S CASES FILED / TOTAL LISTED / CASES DISPOSED / DISPOSAL RATE %
2015 / 518 / 245 / 763 / 225 / 29.49
2016 (to date) / 471 / 66 / 537 / 41 / 7.64
Total / 313 / 1,300 / 266 / 20.5

Ministry of Justice

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