The High Court has allowed the multi-million-pound concussion legal action against rugby's governing bodies to continue, rejecting an attempt to have the claims struck out. Senior Master Jeremy David Cook said that although he would have thrown out the cases over failures to comply with a court order on disclosing neurological testing documents, he decided "with some hesitation" to let them proceed, citing "exceptional circumstances" and the case's wider public importance for how the sport is run.

More than 500 former players from rugby union and league claim World Rugby, the Welsh Rugby Union, Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League failed to protect them from the effects of repeated head impacts; the governing bodies deny any breach of duty of care. Defence lawyers had sought to strike out cases involving 377 union and 153 league players. The judge noted the claimants had recently switched legal representation from Rylands Garth to KP Law, saying he could have had no confidence in future compliance had Richard Boardman remained involved, and that vulnerable claimants should not be punished for their former solicitor's failings. Conditions for the case to proceed to trial will be set at a further hearing, continuing litigation that began in 2020.