18 April 2020 Simon Berney-Edwards 2704 Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 bySimon Berney-Edwards Nature of case: Frank Roper was a convicted sexual abuser. C brings this action for damages for sexual abuse by Roper during a youth football trip to New Zealand in June 1987 and the effects of it upon him in later life. D is a football club which Frank Roper was associated with at the time. Frank Roper himself is now dead. To continue reading you must be an EWI member, become a member and access exclusive content. Already a member? Login Share Print Tags HistoricChild abuseLimitation10. Records Assessments and Site Visits11. Report Writing Related articles Take care not to conflate your role as a contractor with your duties as an expert witness Podcast Episode 26: Expert Advisor versus Expert Witness Disclosure and redaction of medical and safeguarding records Gary Alexander MacDougall v Lloyd Philip Thomas & Ors [2026] EWHC 1142 (Ch) Experts who rise above the fray and fully discharge their duties to assist the Court Switch article Latest updates from the Courts Previous Article CPS Guidance for Experts Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.