Professor Fiona Wilcox
HM Senior Coroner for Inner West London
Honorary Clinical Professor, William Harvey Research Unit
Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Professor Fiona Wilcox is HM Senior Coroner for Inner West London and an Honorary Clinical Professor at the William Harvey Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London. Qualified in both medicine and law, her career spans coronial investigation, forensic medicine, legal practice and the investigation of sudden, unexpected and complex deaths.
She has particular expertise in mass-fatality management and disaster victim identification and has held senior responsibilities in the development and delivery of specialist coronial practice in these areas. Her work brings together medical evidence, legal decision-making and institutional responsibility within the investigation of death.
Biography
Professor Wilcox trained in medicine at the Medical College of St Bartholomew’s Hospital and initially worked as a general practitioner in East London. She subsequently retrained as a barrister and practised in criminal law and professional negligence before developing her career within the coronial system. After serving as an Assistant Coroner in several London jurisdictions and in Kent, she was appointed HM Senior Coroner for Inner West London in 2011.
She is Joint Chair of the Cadre of Coroners with special interest and training in the management of mass-fatality incidents and disaster victim identification. Her wider professional responsibilities have included serving as Vice-President of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine and Chair of the Medico-Legal Committee of the Coroners’ Society of England and Wales.
Alongside her judicial and professional work, Professor Wilcox is actively involved in education and professional training. She contributes to teaching in forensic medicine, coronial practice, law and death investigation, including postgraduate education and training for coroners, legal professionals and police.
Her combined experience in medicine, law, coronial investigation and mass-fatality response gives her a distinctive multidisciplinary perspective on death investigation, forensic evidence, justice and institutional responsibility.