Wirral coroner is appointed president of Coroners’ Society

Oct 14 2009 by Liam Murphy, Wallasey News

CHRISTOPHER Johnson has become the first coroner from Wirral to be made president of the Coroners’ Society of England and Wales.

Mr Johnson, 64, will hold the position for the next year, culminating in the society’s annual conference, which he will oversee.

A lifelong Tranmere Rovers supporter, he was appointed Wirral’s coroner in 1988, but has been involved in the Coroners Service for 46 years, joining as an Assistant Coroner’s Clerk in February, 1963.

In addition to his coroners duties, Mr Johnson is a senior partner of Rex Taylor & Meadows, Solicitors in West Kirby, having joined the practice on leaving school in February 1963, and also sits as a part-time Tribunal Judge of the Tribunals Judiciary dealing with Social Security Appeals, based in Liverpool.