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Saul Burton

Saul is a Principal Associate in our Sports Team. With a background in defendant litigation including personal injury, human rights and data protection, Saul specialises in high value and complex sports claims with a focus on catastrophic injuries arising out of motorsport incidents; neurological damage from concussive injury; player-on-player assaults and injuries suffered during competitive games; horse-riding accidents and disciplinary & regulatory disputes. Saul acts for national and domestic governing bodies, schools and colleges, professional and amateur sports clubs, and private companies in a wide range of sports including football, rugby, numerous motorsport disciplines, horse riding, athletics and mountain biking. In addition to sport, Saul maintains a busy practice dealing with claims arising from data breaches, with particular interest in those that include claims for unusual psychiatric injury. · Weightmans LLP

EnglandSports Law, Personal Injury

About

Principal Associate in the Sports Team at Weightmans LLP, Saul specialises in high-value and complex sports claims, with particular focus on catastrophic motorsport injuries, concussive neurological damage, player-on-player assaults, horse-riding accidents and disciplinary and regulatory disputes. He acts for national and domestic governing bodies, schools and colleges, professional and amateur sports clubs and private companies, and also maintains a practice handling data-breach claims including those alleging unusual psychiatric injury.

Practice areas

Sports LawPersonal InjuryLitigationData Protection & PrivacyRegulatory & Disciplinary

Office

Expertise

MotorsportConcussive/Neurological InjuryPlayer-on-Player AssaultsEquestrian/Horse RidingFootballRugbyAthleticsMountain BikingNational and Domestic Governing BodiesSchools and CollegesProfessional and Amateur Sports ClubsPrivate CompaniesData Breach ClaimsUnusual Psychiatric Injury