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Hong Kong Case Law

Prevention of future deaths
  • 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
    CCDI1086/2012

    The coroner directed that the 39 deaths be investigated in a single combined inquest given their contemporaneous circumstances; the police must provide a full death investigation report by early June 2024; a second pre-inquest review will be held within two months of receipt of that report and in any event no later than September 2024; disclosure of witness lists and written statements to interested persons shall be made at least 21 days before the second review; the inquest's purpose is limited to determining identity, how, when, where and cause of death and may include preventive recommenda…