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Almost 50 new claimants joining the football and rugby concussion legal cases
The Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, central London

ALMOST 50 new claimants are joining the football and rugby concussion legal cases.

Medical records for new claimants are set to be presented to the High Court tomorrow.

One of the claims is on behalf of Goff White, a semi-professional footballer who was confirmed post-mortem to be suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease.

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