The appeal against the open verdict in the inquest into the death of Teoh Beng Hock is scheduled to be heard by the Court of Appeal on Nov 18.

This is the final appeal stage for the family to review the coroner's decision.

The hearing is on although there are no written grounds from the  High Court in Shah Alam, which upheld the open verdict made by the Coroner's Court.

NONE Teoh's family lawyer Gobind Singh Deo ( right ) told Malaysiakini today that the judge who heard the family's application for revision had not written his judgment yet.

"I am informed that he has retired. So we will probably proceed without the grounds, based on the notes of proceedings as they stand," Gobind said.

The Court of Appeal had on Feb 2 last year granted permission for the family to file the appeal for a review of the open verdict.

A three-member panel led by Justice Sulaiman Daud unanimously concurred there are certain points of law that needed to be scrutinised.

The appeal will also decide on a proper guide for magistrates acting as coroners in an inquest, following conflicting past precedents.

Earlier this year, the Malaysians for Beng Hock movement questioned the delay of the appellate court in holding the review despite permission being granted.

The Coroner's Court handed down its open verdict in January 2011, after the coroner found Teoh's death to be not the result of suicide or homicide.

Teoh, 30, was found dead on the fifth floor landing of Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam, on July 16, 2009, after overnight interrogation by the Selangor Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) at its office on the 14th floor of the building.

A Royal Commission of Inquiry into his death held that Teoh could have been driven to suicide as a result of continuous and aggressive questioning by the Selangor MACC officers.