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I don't see how the clubs current regime can be made to pay anything for the actions of previous owners. I can believe that back then it was exceptionally easy to get your dodgy mate down at the council to whip up some certificates.
Any safety measures found wanting or responsible for injury are on the heads of those whom didn't implement such policies. Same applies to those at the City Council & SYP.

Just like any other corrupt large or small government you can imagine, they played pass the buck, letting shit roll downhill all the way to the fans themselves and even Paramedics??
I was still only young at the time but this is how I remember it being prioritised. My friend at the time's dad was a Constable, he was there that day, knocked from his horse. He was fine but 'Traumatized' he was retired off at 35, full pension. Paid by the taxpayer of course. And no, he had no redeeming qualities either, an out and out Pig. I don't doubt he instigated what ever caused him to be removed from his horse.
The real victims that day either died or were told it's their own fault.

There's justice for them and then there's justice for the rest of us.  I can only hope those left hurting for so long can close the wounds and find some solace. Frivolous law suits are not the way forward for anyone.

I understand all of what you and SCO are saying and I sympathize with the gist of it but I'm not sure whether the law works that way. It is still SWFC regardless of changes in ownership. 

I'm also not sure how the culture of the times would enter into a modern day assessment of liabilities. I too remember going to Hillsborough and standing on the Kop. My dad would often joke about those metal barriers which were installed along the terraced steps all the way down the Kop as preventing people being crushed to death. Nobody knowingly made football stadiums unsafe places. But then, nobody knowingly gave thalidomide to pregnant women in the early '60s to cause deformed babies. Look at the cash settlements that resulted there. Or from asbestosis in miners. In Canada, we used to force First Nations' children to go to residential schools where they were often abused physically, sexually, emotionally. Our PM has already issued a public apology for that. Will there be class action suits to follow? Wouldn't be surprised.

People who have lost loved ones do imo merit some form of compensation but from whom? If SWFC was working within the framework of the law at the time, as set by the Football League and ultimately, the government, maybe they are the ones to bear the principal burden. But if, as indicated in the report, SWFC was negligent in some ways, even by standards of the day, then they may not get a free pass.

I hope SCO is right and insurance will cover  any settlements.