Alcock concerned the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium Disaster in which, as a result of the admitted negligence of the police, 95 people were crushed to death and over 400 physically injured. Claims were brought by various relatives of victims of the disaster who were either present at the football ground or witnessed events on television. Lord Ackner and Lord Jauncey thought that recovery ought to be limited to those in a parent/child or spouse-like relationship, whereas Lords Keith and Oliver thought that recovery should be based on ‘close ties of love and affection’. Following what was said in the judgments, it would seem that a fiancée will be sufficiently close, as will parents and spouses, but grandparents, uncles and aunts, and siblings will, generally, not. However, every individual case will turn on its own facts.