The date of another inquest into the death of Yousef Makki is set after the first inquest was quashed by the High Court.

The tragic teen was stabbed in the heart by Joshua Molnar in Hale Barns more than four years ago in circumstances which the initial inquest determined were not ascertainable on the balance of probabilities.

On January 20, this initial inquest was quashed by the High Court judges Lady Justice Julia Macur and Mr Justice Michael Fordham, who were not satisfied the coroner Alison Mutch assessed all of the evidence before coming to a narrative conclusion rather than to a conclusion of lawful killing or unlawful killing. 

It came after Mr Molnar was cleared of murder and manslaughter on the basis of self-defence at a trial at Crown Court.

The judges called for another inquest with coroner Geraint Williams since chosen by the chief coroner for England and Wales. At a hearing this week Mr Williams met those involved in the case for the first time. 

Mr Williams set out his stall to Yousef's family members Jade Akoum and Mazen Akoum and their barrister Matthew Stanbury, as well as representatives for Mr Molnar and Adam Chowdhary, who was present at the time of the stabbing. 

He said: "I think this is a single issue case – that's to say whether Mr Molnar is acting in self defence. But, because this will be the third run of the evidence, we will deal with it in a different way. 

"Although I have a mind to restrict the evidence this does not mean the inquest will be in any way perfunctory or slipshod. This court will be bound by the overriding objective and the overriding objective is justice is done in an efficient way."

The two-hour hearing covered a number of areas from the scope of the inquest to the involvement of live witnesses.

The representatives for Mr Molnar and Mr Chowdhary argued against their involvement as live witnesses but Mr Williams ruled against them. He said both of them must be in attendance at the inquest unless there is a medical reason they are unable to do so.

He said: "It has been suggested all the questions that could have been asked have been asked. 

"I mean no disrespect but there were questions that have not been asked."

Mr Molnar was in attendance via a video link and his father, Mark Molnar, was in court. Mr Chowdhary was not in attendance in person or via a video link.

The inquest is scheduled for October at a court to be determined. It is set to last around one week.

This article was written by Jack Tooth. To contact him, email jack.tooth@newsquest.co.uk or follow @JTRTooth on Twitter.