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.gents regularly inspected the stadium and designed advised and approved
the carrying out of works thereon; In the premises the Fourth Defendants at
a ll n aterial times owed a duty to the lawful v isito rs to the stadium, in
A :„ r:ic u la r the Deceased, ' to take a ll reasonable care to ensure that the
Stadium and the works which were so designed approved and/or carried out
were reasonably safe.
7. The Deceased on the 15th of April 1989 was at a ll m aterial times
a lawful spectator in the said stadium on the occasion of the said
semi-final and as such was the lawful v is ito r of the Second Defendants and
of the First Defendant
within the meaning of the Occupiers’ L iab ility Act
1957. He was at a ll m aterial times cn the standing terrace at the Leppings
Lane end of the ground (hereinafter referred to as the West Terrace) in the
area known as pen three.
8. At a time between about 2.45 pm and about 3.10 pm the Deceased
while on the West Terrace was subjected to crushing owing to the
o/ercrowding of spectators in the said pens and/or the collapse of a b a rrie r
therein as a result whereof he sustained injuries from which he died the
same day.