CoE into Paria diving tragedy to hold final sitting on November 29th

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CoE into Paria diving tragedy to hold final sitting on November 29th

The Commission of Enquiry into the Paria Diving Tragedy is set to convene a virtual sitting on Wednesday 29th November 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

The Commission says this will be its final sitting and it’s not expected to last more than one hour.

Chairman Jerome Lynch KC has asked for several extensions before submitting the final report.

It’s original deadline of Easter was pushed back to August, then November. Lynch said he was ensuring all parties named in the report were given the opportunity to see how they were reflected and then allowed to respond.

The commission’s secretariat noted in a release that counsel are not required to attend but may choose to do so if they wish.

Members of the public who wish to attend are asked to contact the Commission’s Secretariat on or before 4:00 p.m. on Monday 27th November 2023.

Should members of the media wish to ask any questions, they said that these questions must be emailed to the Commission’s Secretariat at [email protected] on or before 4:00pm on Monday 27th November 2023.