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6. Paragraph 6 is admitted.<br />

7&8 These Paragraphs are admitted.<br />

9. The allegations against <strong>the</strong> First Defendant of fault and<br />

causation and negligence and breach of statutory duty are<br />

each denied. They are made with hindsight. The plans and<br />

actions of <strong>the</strong> First Defendant were reasonable in <strong>the</strong><br />

circumstances.<br />

PLANNING CIRCUMSTANCES<br />

(a)<br />

The ground was chosen as suitable by <strong>the</strong> Football<br />

Association.<br />

(b)<br />

A Safety Certificate granted by <strong>the</strong> Third Defendant<br />

was in force.<br />

(c)<br />

On o<strong>the</strong>r occasions similar Police plans had been<br />

successful.<br />

(d)<br />

The ground was in regular use which had proved to be<br />

safe with variable numbers of spectators.<br />

(e)<br />

No adverse comment about <strong>the</strong> safety of Policing on<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r similar occasions had been made by any of <strong>the</strong><br />

Second Third or Fourth Defendants or by <strong>the</strong> Football<br />

Association or Liverpool Football Club or Nottingham<br />

Forest Football Club.<br />

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