---
title: "Letter asking a NSW coroner for reasons for dispensing with an inquest"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/letter-requesting-reasons-dispensing-inquest"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a61-letter-requesting-reasons-dispensing-inquest"
area_id: "A61"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A61-V20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Letter asking a NSW coroner for reasons for dispensing with an inquest

> A letter asking the coroner for written reasons for dispensing with an inquest, and stating the writer's interest in the death.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/letter-requesting-reasons-dispensing-inquest  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Coronial Inquests](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a NSW coroner has dispensed with an inquest and the client wants the reasons under s 26, usually before asking the State Coroner for a direction or applying to the Supreme Court.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare the family's request for an inquest or for review of a decision not to hold one](https://ailawframework.com/practice/coronial-inquests/prepare-the-family-s-request-for-an-inquest-or-for-review-of-a-decision.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may insert the coroner's reference and the date of the dispensation; the lawyer writes the interest and sends the letter.

**AI may:**

- Insert the deceased's name, the coroner's reference and the date of the letter dispensing with the inquest
- List documents already sent to the coroner, by date

**AI must not:**

- Must not argue that an inquest should be held
- Must not include an account of the death
- Must not send the letter

**The lawyer checks:**

- The letter asks for reasons and states the interest, and does not try to be the submissions
- The client has approved the description of their interest
- The reply, or a refusal, is diarised for the s 29 and s 84 steps

## Authorities

- [Coroners Act 2009 (NSW) s 26 (written reasons on request by the State Coroner, the Minister, or a person with a sufficient interest; reasons for refusing the request)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca2009120/s26.html)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/coronial-inquests/letter-requesting-reasons-dispensing-inquest and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*