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Agency:
Office of Inquiry Into the Death of Jospeh Gilewicz
Agency Number:
Start Date:
20 Feb 2000
End Date:
01 Oct 2000
Description:
On 16 July, 1991 Joseph Gilewicz then of Halls Track Road Pelverata was shot at his home during the course of an operation being conducted by members of the Special Operations Group of Tasmania Police. An inquest into the circumstances of Mr Gilewicz's death was conducted in 1992.;;;;A Commission of Inquiry, established pursuant to the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995 has been established with terms of reference requiring it to inquire into: ;;;;Whether, in the light of material presently available but not received by the coronial inquiry, the coronial inquiry into the death of Joseph Gilewicz was likely to be misled by the evidence tendered to it; ;;If the coronial inquiry was likely to have been misled, to what extent is that likely to have impacted upon the finding of the coroner. ;;The Hon. Dennis Mahoney AO QC has been appointed the sole commissioner.;;;;Senior Counsel Assisting the Inquiry is John Agius SC.;;;;
Legislation Administered:
Order under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995.