s 9C Inquests without jury to be conducted at hearing or in writing
(1) Where an inquest into a death is to be held without a jury, the inquest is to be held— (a) at a hearing, or (b) if the senior coroner decides that a hearing is unnecessary, in writing. (2) The senior coroner is not to decide that a hearing is unnecessary unless— (a) the coroner has invited representations from each interested person known to the coroner, (b) no interested person has represented on reasonable grounds that a hearing should take place, (c) it appears to the coroner that there is no real prospect of disagreement among interested persons as to the determinations or findings that the inquest could or should make, and (d) it appears to the coroner that no public interest would be served by a hearing.