There have been legal clashes over the sharing of the former players' medical information since the action began in 2020. In a further development, lawyer Richard Boardman, who has represented the claimants through Rylands Garth, will no longer be acting on the ex-players' behalf. Lawyers for the players said it would be a "significant injustice" if some players' claims are struck out and other are not. Senior Master Cook expressed his sympathy for the claimants at risk of having their cases struck out. "The first bus, the driver drives them off a cliff and the result is that they don't get to the destination.