Nearly 900 Liverpool followers who attended final yr’s Champions League ultimate in Paris have filed authorized motion towards European soccer’s governing physique for private accidents allegedly brought on by chaos exterior the stadium.
Law agency Leigh Day filed a lawsuit towards UEFA and UEFA Events on Monday, in accordance with publicly-available information of circumstances introduced on the High Court.
The agency instructed Reuters it has issued claims on behalf of 887 people and has a complete of 1,076 shoppers.
Two different regulation companies, Pogust Goodhead and Liverpool-based Binghams Solicitors, stated final yr that additionally they symbolize Liverpool followers who intend to sue UEFA.
UEFA didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon the authorized case.
Its basic secretary Theodore Theodoridis stated final month, when UEFA introduced it’ll refund Liverpool followers who had sure tickets, that “we recognise the negative experiences of those supporters on the day”.
The governing physique has apologised after initially blaming Liverpool followers for the mayhem, which delayed final yr’s ultimate by 36 minutes after 1000’s of Liverpool supporters have been unable to get into the Stade de France for the match towards Real Madrid on May 28.
French police was filmed utilizing tear fuel on followers, who complained of heavy-handed therapy as they have been herded into pens exterior the stadium.
An unbiased evaluate of incidents exterior the stadium, launched in February, discovered that UEFA was liable for a “large number of near misses that nearly led to disaster” earlier than the ultimate, which Real Madrid gained 1-0.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com