Sir Michael Wright has been appointed as Assistant Deputy Coroner, by her Majesty’s Coroner Inner South London, Mr John Sampson, for the purposes of hearing the Inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.

The purpose of this website is to keep the public informed of details relating to the Inquest, including transcripts of the proceedings and evidence seen by the jury.

The Inquest hearings will start on the 22^nd September 2008 at the Oval Conference Centre.

What's new

Sitting Days

There will a number of changes as to the court sitting days, which are outlined below:

• Between 11^th and 19^th November, the Court will be closed for legal written submissions.
• Between 20^th and 21^st November, the Court will be open for legal oral submissions, but the annex will be closed. The jury will not be present and reporting restrictions will apply.
• Between 24^th and 28^th November, the Court will be closed.
• From 1^st December, the Court will run as usual.

Uploads

Hearing Transcripts and evidence seen by the inquest jury in open court will be published on this website on a daily basis. The transcripts will be uploaded on the evening of the same day. All evidence that has not been redacted will be uploaded the morning after, due to formatting issues. The Coroner has issued guidance on the reproduction of this information.

Links

Media Information and Public Information links may not be working. If you are experiencing difficulties, please press "Ctrl + F5" together. We are trying to resolve the problem and will have it fixed as quickly as possible.

Anonymous Witness Pictures

Sir Michael Wright has issued a statement with regards as to photographing the anonymous witnesses, which can be viewed on the Directions and Decisions page.

Costs Incurred by the Inquest

The costs incurred by the Inquest from April to October have been added to this website and can be viewed on the Costs page.

Operational Note

An operational note has been issued by the Press Office, which can be viewed on the Press Notices page.