2 Dec 2010
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WILLIAM NG, ESQ., A CORONER
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. WILLIAM NG, ESQ., A CORONER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP690/2009
The court adopts a de novo approach under s20(1)(a); the applicant must satisfy the court that an inquest ought to be held by adducing evidence that an inquest would serve its statutory purposes (including likely useful recommendations under s44); here the evidence did not establish systemic issues or a realistic prospect of useful recommendations and the cause and circumstances were already known, so no inquest was ordered.