Jurors are due to retrace the final journey of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes who was shot dead by police marksmen three years ago.
He was shot by two police officers who mistook him for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman.
Taking the inquest jury through events leading up to the electrician's death, Sir Michael listed a number of occasions where officers were unclear whether or not they thought they were pursuing a bomber.
He said that as Mr de Menezes entered a Tube station at Stockwell, no member of the surveillance team had positively identified him as Osman - the man they were looking for.
Two marksmen had jointly fired nine rounds, seven of which entered the Brazilian's head at point blank range.
There have been five inquiries relating to the death and its aftermath, including a criminal trial. In 2007, an Old Bailey jury found the Metropolitan Police guilty of breaching health and safety laws, after hearing about the events leading up to Mr de Menezes being shot.
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