More than 1,000 players from both codes taking action
Solicitor under ‘misapprehension’ about responsibilities
The judge presiding over the two brain injury lawsuits in rugby league and union has issued an extraordinary criticism of the solicitor acting on behalf of the injured players, saying that he had been under a “misapprehension” about his responsibilities and that “he seems to have a problem with the English language”.
Senior master Jeremy Cook said that Richard Boardman, whose firm Rylands Garth is representing more than 1,000 players across both codes, had failed to disclose material to the defendants, World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, the Welsh Rugby Union, and Rugby Football League.
Cook decided to not strike out any of the claims being brought by Rylands Garth because he believes the problems can be remedied. But he upheld the defendants’ complaints that there had been “serious and widespread failures to comply” with court orders in the ugby league case in particular.
