Rugby’s brain injury claimants face £2.8m legal bill to continue case
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Costs partly due to delays caused by previous solicitors Case still ‘in crisis’, fees need to be settled this month Claimants in the ongoing legal action over brain injuries in rugby have been left on the hook for £2.8m in legal fees owed to the defendants, the majority of which will have to be settled by the end of Oc
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Costs partly due to delays caused by previous solicitors Case still ‘in crisis’, fees need to be settled this month Claimants in the ongoing legal action over brain injuries in rugby have been left on the hook for £2.8m in legal fees owed to the defendants, the majority of which will have to be settled by the end of October if the case is going to continue in anything like its current form.
The costs are a direct consequence of the delays that the court decided were caused by what the judge, Senior Master Cook, described in court on Friday as the “contradictory and misguided approach” of Rylands Garth, the solicitors’ firm who had been representing the players until earlier this year.
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