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Hong Kong Case Law

Non-determination of civil or criminal 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
    CCDI1107/2012

    The coroner directed that a single combined inquest for the 39 deaths proceed, on the basis that the deaths occurred in the same time and circumstances; the coroner fixed a disclosure and review timetable (police to supply full report by early June 2024; second pre-inquest review within two months of receipt but no later than September 2024; witness lists and statements to be provided at least 21 days before the second review) and confirmed the inquest's remit excludes determination of civil or criminal responsibility.