Organ transplants
Where the body of a deceased person is in the possession of the coroner, or where there is reason to believe that an inquest or a post-mortem examination may be required by the coroner, the coroner’s consent will be needed in order to remove an organ from the body.
There is a UK Transplant website, with news and useful information, including links, relating to organ donation and transplants. The NHS maintains a National Organ Donor Register. In relation to eye transplants, The Royal College of Opthamologists’ website offers considerable guidance, eg on corneal transplants.
See, generally, Jervis, paras 6-62 - 6-68,
Levine, paras 34.07-34.09, Halsbury’s Laws, Vol 9(2), para 871,
Dorries, para 4.16.
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