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Up to 80% of league and 20% of union claims could be struck out
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Appeals over medical record disclosure denied on all grounds
Two appeals launched by the legal firm representing former players in rugby league and rugby union have been denied in a significant blow to the ongoing legal action about brain damage caused by the sport. It means that after five years of legal arguments a large number of the claimants in both codes face the risk of having their cases struck out before they come to trial.
The appeal judge, Lord Justice Dias, ruled that the judge presiding over the management of the case, Senior Master Jeremy Cook, had been right to find that the claimants’ firm, Rylands Garth, had failed to fulfil its obligations to disclose necessary medical material to the defendants, World Rugby, the Wales Rugby Union, and the Rugby Football Union in one case, and the Rugby Football League in the other.
Written by Andy Bull
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/22/rugby-league-union-brain-injury-case-huge-blow-court-appeal under the title “Rugby brain injury case suffers blow after judge rejects court appeals”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
