18 April 2020 Simon Berney-Edwards 3098 Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 by Simon 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 Dermot Speight & Ors (as trustees of the Thornaby Angling Association) v Robert James Pickersgill [2026] EWCC 48 Be cautious when accepting instructions from a Litigant in Person A Day in the Life of a Physiotherapy Expert Witness Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group and Others [2026] EWHC 1753 (KB) Downes v Ostrowicka 118DC085 Switch article Latest updates from the Courts Previous Article CPS Guidance for Experts Next Article Comments are only visible to subscribers.