The Rt Hon Lord Justice Taylor

“ A final submission was made by Counsel for the South Yorkshire Police that since the investigation by West Midlands Police is still continuing, all the evidence has not been assembled and it would be unsafe for me to make findings of fact. I should therefore make clear that the investigation continues principally to furnish as much detail as possible to HM Coroner for the City of Sheffield as to the cause of death, the precise position at death and the care and movement of each of the 95 victims individually. ”

“ The police, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and the BBC had video cameras filming at the ground on 15 April. In aggregate, they recorded some 71 hours of film covering the period before, during and after the disaster. Thus the material gathered and potentially available for presentation at the oral hearing was enormous. From this mass it was essential to select only sufficient good and reliable evidence necessary to establish the facts and causes of the disaster. ”

“ I inspected the scene of the disaster on the terraces and all relevant parts of the stadium and its approaches. My Assessors and I have made further visits during the Inquiry. I also visited Liverpool on 21 and 29 April.
7. The Lord Mayor and the Sheffield City Council kindly offered to make the accommodation and facilities of Sheffield Town Hall available for the hearing of oral evidence. This offer was gratefully accepted and I would like to record my thanks for those facilities and for the co-operation afforded to the Inquiry by the authorities in Sheffield. ”