Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596

This case of Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 considered the issue of procedural fairness and whether or not the coroner was bound to follow the rules of natural justice and if the parents of a boy had been denied procedural fairness into the inquest into their son’s death and if the coroner had the power to deny them a right to be heard at the proceedings.