Fresh inquests are to begin in Warrington later into the deaths of 96 football fans who lost their lives in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.
The inquests were ordered in December 2012 when the High Court quashed the original accidental death verdicts that had stood for more than 20 years.
It came after new evidence was revealed by the Hillsborough Independent Panel about Liverpool FC's FA Cup semi-final where the men, women and children died.
The inquests are set to last a year.
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"Over the coming year new light will be shone on Britain's worst sporting disaster", reports Judith Moritz
All the victims were Liverpool supporters watching their team play Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
The coroner, a serving Lord Justice of Appeal, a very senior judge, is being assisted by five lawyers, five counsel to the inquest, three solicitors and of course there are lawyers representing all the families of those who died who wish to be represented, the authorities, the police, the emergency services and so on.
When the coroner selects individual jurors they will be told they have to set aside up to a year. They will not be sitting continuously for that period, they will have to take a break, but nevertheless it is a considerable period of time.
Obviously, they will be asked about any particular connections to the tragedy at Hillsborough and they will be checked to make sure that they really can serve this considerable period of time.
The coroner could record a verdict of natural causes; accidental death, unlawful killing; an open verdict; or these days, they often give a narrative verdict, where they set out in some detail what they believe to have happened.
The inquests, being heard by a jury, are being held in a purpose-built courtroom, the biggest in England and Wales, in an office building in Birchwood Park, in Warrington.
Unseen footageProceedings will begin with the selection of 11 jurors who are expected be sworn in on Tuesday.
Lord Justice Goldring, a Court of Appeal judge who is acting as coroner, will open the hearing with a statement to the court.
Families of the victims will be invited to read out "background statements" - or what they are calling "pen portraits" - of their loved ones.
The hearing will then break for several weeks for lawyers to consider new pathological evidence into how each of the 96 died.
Over the course of the inquests, jurors are expected to hear evidence on themes including stadium safety, emergency planning, crowd management and the response of the emergency services.
The court will also be shown hitherto unseen BBC footage recorded on the day.
There are two separate inquiries running alongside the inquests.
Operation Resolve, led by former Chief Constable of Durham Jon Stoddart, is a criminal investigation into events leading up to the disaster, as well as the disaster itself.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is looking into allegations of police misconduct arising from the aftermath of the tragedy.
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