Toxicology Services

Where a death occurs within the Essex Jurisdiction and:

a) that death is unexpected or violent; or b) the cause of death is not known; or c) the death has occurred in custody,

HM Senior Coroner for Essex has a duty to investigate the death. Where such a death occurs, part of this responsibility is to instruct that Post Mortems and forensic testing are undertaken to assist with HM Coroner's investigation.