Governing bodies had asked for ruling to end cases
Judge says claimants ‘blameless’ for missing documents
More than 500 former rugby union and league players’ lawsuits over neurological injuries can continue, London’s high court ruled on Friday, despite their former lawyers’ failure to disclose key medical evidence to governing bodies.
World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union, plus the Rugby Football League and the British Amateur Rugby League Association, argued the claimants’ lawyers had repeatedly failed to provide records.
