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INQUESTS INTO THE DEATHS OF DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES AND DODI FAYED
At 1030 on 6 January 2003, Michael Burgess as Coroner of The Queen's Household opened an inquest in Westminster into the death in Paris on 31 August 1997 of Diana, Princess of Wales. He made a statement about the future conduct of the inquest and then adjourned it to a date to be fixed. He estimated that the resumed hearing might well be in the first quarter of 2005.
At 1500 the same day Mr Burgess as Coroner for Surrey opened an inquest at Reigate in Surrey into the death on the same occasion of Dodi Fayed. After repeating the statement made in the earlier hearing, Mr Burgess likewise adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed.
Details of the openings of the inquests, and the text of the statement, are available on the Surrey Coroner's website.
On a related matter, on 12 March 2004 in Edinburgh, Lord Drummond Young, a judge of the Outer House of the Court of Session (functionally equivalent to the High Court in England), dismissed a petition by Mr Mohamed Al Fayed for judicial review of a decision of the Lord Advocate to refuse to instruct a public inquiry into the death of Dodi Fayed. In his Opinion, the judge dealt with a number of points arising on Art 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
According to media reports, Mr Al Fayed has announced his intention to appeal against this decision.
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