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Hong Kong Case Law

Investigation disclosure
  • 28 Mar 2024

    有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

    Citation
    [2024] HKCrC 1
    Court
    Coroner's Court
    Case number
    CCDI1090/2012

    The coroner directed that the 39 deaths be investigated in a single consolidated inquest because they occurred in the same time and circumstances; the coroner set procedural timetables requiring the police to deliver a full investigation report by June 2024, mandated a second pre-inquest review within two months of receipt but no later than September 2024, and ordered disclosure of witness lists and written evidence at least 21 days before that review to enable adequate participation, while affirming that inquests may make recommendations but not determine liability.

  • 28 Mar 2024

    有關區曉霖及另三十八人的事宜

    Citation
    [2024] HKCrC 1
    Court
    Coroner's Court
    Case number
    CCDI1094/2012

    The coroner ordered a single combined inquest into the 39 deaths, limited to determining identity and the how, when, where and cause of death; directed police to provide a full investigation report and disclosure within set timeframes and set a timetable aiming to hear the inquest within 2024, while noting that the inquest will not determine civil or criminal liability.