Families of the Hillsborough victims are meeting lawyers to plan their next legal steps after a report revealed the police cover-up over the disaster.
It is the first time relatives of the 96 who died have formally met as a group since an independent report on the tragedy was published.
Trevor Hicks, from the Hillsborough Families Support Group, said they were likely to call for fresh inquests.
The report found police tried to blame fans for the crush on 15 April 1989.
Speaking before the meeting at Liverpool's Anfield ground, Mr Hicks said: "We were all in a state of shock on Wednesday to some extent, people have now had a couple of days to read the report, look at a lot of the documents and today is obviously about where we go from here.
"I think that it's almost inevitable there will be a demand for fresh inquests and I think it's almost impossible that that demand won't be given."
High-profile lawyers for the campaign, Michael Mansfield QC and Lord Falconer, are appearing at the meeting via an internet videolink.
It was announced on Saturday a complaint against a senior officer involved in the disaster, Sir Norman Bettison, was to be investigated.
The complaint involving the West Yorkshire Chief Constable was being referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Sir Norman, who was with South Yorkshire Police at the time of the disaster, said he welcomed the step.
Ninety-five fans were crushed to death and hundreds more injured on the overcrowded terraces of the Hillsborough stadium, which was hosting an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
400,000 documentsThe 96th victim, Tony Bland, was left in a coma after the disaster and died in 1993.
The victims' families have always challenged the original inquest, which concluded all the victims were dead or brain dead 15 minutes after the game had kicked off.
Panel members, chaired by Bishop of Liverpool the Right Reverend James Jones, spent two years looking through more than 400,000 documents relating to the disaster at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
Their report showed police amended 164 of the police statements made about the tragedy, with 116 of those substantially changed to remove or alter "unfavourable" comments regarding the policing of the match.
It also showed the lives of 41 of the victims could potentially have been saved if the response of the emergency services had been swifter.
16 Sep, 2012
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