Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Non‑determination of civil/criminal liability

Legal area

Court

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

CCDI1095/2012

Given the temporal and circumstantial commonality of the 39 deaths, the coroner will conduct a single consolidated inquest focused on determining identity, manner, cause, time and place of death and may make prevention recommendations; the coroner set a disclosure timetable requiring the police to deliver a full investigation report and directed procedural steps to progress to a hearing within 2024 where practicable.
29 Mar 2023

有關潘浩鈺及另二人的事宜

Citation

[2023] HKCrC 1
Court

Coroner's Court
Case number

CCDI895/2022

The coroner decided to convene a joint inquest into the three deaths, directed the police to prepare and submit a full investigative report (expected by end June 2023), and fixed a timetable for a second pre-inquest review within two months of receipt of that report (and in any event by October 2023); the inquest will focus on cause and circumstances and may make preventive recommendations but will not determine civil or criminal liability.