Overview

• Master Gary Thornett set deadlines for expert evidence at the brief pre-trial session on July 28 in London’s High Court.
• Revell alleges that a somatic touch session on the 200-hour training in Goa forced her to relive childhood memories and led to diagnoses of complex PTSD, depersonalisation/derealisation disorder and functional neurological disorder.
• The Yoga People International denies any psychological elements in its instruction and maintains that an emotional collapse was not a foreseeable risk covered by the waiver Revell signed.
• Both sides will present testimony from medical specialists and a yoga expert ahead of a full High Court trial to determine liability and damages.
• The case underscores increasing legal scrutiny of wellness retreats and organisers’ duty to warn participants of potential mental health risks.