A Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) is a public hearing to establish what happened to cause a sudden, unexplained or suspicious death. A Fatal Accident Inquiry could take place in a court, another public building or online.
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If there is a criminal prosecution following a death investigation, that will usually take place before an FAI.
Fatal Accident Inquiries must take place when someone dies in legal custody or when someone dies in an accident at work. They can also be held in other circumstances if it is decided that this is in the public interest.
A Fatal Accident Inquiry is not held for every death where we are carrying out further investigations.
Except in cases where an FAI must be held, COPFS decides whether it is in the public interest for an FAI to take place. We will make that decision at the end of our investigation.
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