The inquest into the death of Brian Murphy was again adjourned yesterday to allow his family to obtain forensic reports relating to his death.
Brian Murphy died in 2000 following a fracas outside Club Anabel nightclub in Ballsbridge, Dublin.
Solicitor for the Murphy family, Celine Reilly, requested that a notebook containing postmortem photographs of Brian, as well as toxicology and histology reports, be made available to the family so that they could seek their own expert advice on the material.
On the suggestion of Dublin city coroner Dr Brian Farrell, Ms Reilly agreed that this material be sent directly to the family's chosen specialist.
The original inquest was adjourned pending the trials of four young men who were charged with manslaughter. None was convicted of manslaughter, though two were convicted of violent disorder.
Last month, Dr Farrell indicated that he had received the reports of former State pathologist Prof John Harbison, who had prepared the initial forensic report, and a report from the present State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, prepared for the retrial of Dermot Laide, which was ordered when his initial manslaughter conviction was overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal. The retrial did not go then go ahead.
Dr Farrell said yesterday he proposed that the inquest hear the evidence on the medical cause of death first as a lot flowed from it. Normally this evidence would be heard at the end of an inquest. All other evidence will be heard during a second sitting. The inquest was adjourned until December 11th.