Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Hong Kong Case Law

Timing and case management
  • 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
    CCDI1109/2012

    The coroner exercised statutory case management powers to order a combined inquest for the 39 deaths, directed the police to deliver a full investigation report and witness statements by early June 2024, and set a timetable requiring a second pre-inquest review within two months of receipt of the report (and no later than September 2024), with disclosure of witness lists and statements at least 21 days before that review; the coroner reaffirmed that the inquest's remit is limited by s27 and cannot determine civil or criminal responsibility but may make preventive recommendations.