Sports Law

Whilst the recent statement from the Administrators that the Club is unlikely to go into liquidation will have come as a welcome relief to its supporters, it begs the question of what the future holds in store for Rangers F.C. following its entry earlier this week into Administration. The Club plans to use the breathing […]

Administration allows for the reorganisation of a company or the realisation of its assets. It usually follows soon after a company becomes insolvent. The process takes place under the protection of a moratorium, which prevents creditors from enforcing their claims against the company. When a company enters administration, an insolvency practitioner is appointed as the […]

Although many people think of golf as a safe, non-contact sport, statistics in the UK show that around 12,000 golfers a year require hospital treatment as a direct result of injury on the golf course. In one-year alone 3,530 head injury accidents were recorded. There has even been cases involving settlement of vet bills for […]

Following the decision by Rafael Nadal to play in the Gerry Weber Open at Halle next year instead of the AEGON Championships, having reportedly been offered £750,000 by the tournament, it would be easy to say it was simply because of the money. Chris Kermode, tournament director of the pre Wimbledon London event, admitted: ‘Rafa […]

The month of October saw both codes of rugby reach a climax with the Rugby World Cup Final in the 15-man version and the Super League Grand Final in the 13-man game. Although the rules and dynamics of the game for the players on the field are very different, the challenges they face off the field […]

The recent alleged incident and controversy arising from the claims and counter claims of racism in football has again brought into sharp focus the issues with regard to racism in sport generally. The FA is investigating two claims of racist abuse which have occurred during recent Premier League fixtures between Liverpool v Manchester United and […]

Many pundits before the Rugby World Cup had predicted that the route to the final would have matched England (winners in 2003 and finalists in 2007) and New Zealand (tournament hosts and pre competition favourites) against one another in the final to be played at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday 23 of October. Such a […]

Following an e-petition containing more than 138,000 signatures requesting the full disclosure of all government documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, the Government (having promised to put forward for debate any petition that reached more than 100,000 signatures) was prompted to issue a statement that the subject of the petition would be debated in […]

Amidst the chaos and confusion of Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat by Bayern Munich on Wednesday, the claims and counterclaims as to what happened “on the bench” still reverberate around the incident. As a consequence, City have suspended Carlos Tevez after it was alleged he refused to appear as a substitute. Tevez, 27, who said the […]

Few professional sports are as successful across both the men’s and women’s game as tennis. Regular combined events in some of the world’s most famous sporting arenas provide a unique package for spectators, sponsors and broadcasters. The complex issues that a global, multi-stakeholder sport such as tennis faces, coupled with the lessons learned from other […]

Following the massive and, some may say, obscene “splash of cash” during the Transfer Window by Premier League clubs led by the two Manchester clubs and Liverpool, money is a popular subject in the world of football. Whilst we see the huge sums of money players attract in transfer fees, perhaps the biggest sums however […]

From the beginning of June this year, new rules came into force that radically alters how football now operates. A tough-talking initiative, Financial Fair Play (FFP), is designed to crack down on debt-laden clubs or controversial practices. The effects of this are already being felt. Manchester City’s new sponsorship deal with Abu Dhabi’s flag-carrier airline […]