Judge criticises solicitor acting on behalf of players with brain injury lawsuits

The judge presiding over two brain injury lawsuits brought on behalf of rugby players 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 in connection with a complaint by defendants World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union, the Welsh Rugby Union, and Rugby Football League that the claimants had failed to disclose material to them. The claim is being backed by an unnamed funder.