Cause of death of the 96 people killed in Hillsborough disaster will be determined by jury There ought to be a jury in any event. Counsel for the inquests had earlier argued that the law mandated that deaths allegedly caused by police negligence necessitated the appointment of a jury. Lord Justice Goldring previously ruled the inquests would take place in early 2014 in the north-west area. A fresh inquest was ordered after the original accidental death verdicts were quashed in the wake of last year's report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which exposed an alleged police cover-up over the events of 15 April 1989.