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Court clarifies duties on cycle race organisers – Hetherington v (1) Raymond Fell (2) Ferryhill Wheelers Cycling Club [2025] EWHC 1487 (KB)

Posted: 24/07/2025

This article is co-authored by Martin Porter KC of 2 Temple Gardens and Laura Murphy, Partner at Leigh Day & Co. It examines the recent High Court judgment in Hetherington v (1) Raymond Fell (2) Ferryhill Wheelers Cycling Club [2025] EWHC 1487 (KB). The case represents a significant development in the law concerning liability and duty of care in the context of amateur sporting events, particularly time trial cycling races. With potentially far-reaching consequences for local cycling clubs across the country, the article outlines the key findings of the judgment and explores their wider implications for organisers, participants, and the governing structures of grassroots cycling events.

Laura Murphy was instructed for the Claimant and Martin Porter KC was for the cycling club, Ferryhill Wheelers.

The article can be accessed here.

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