Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw
Sports lawyer
Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw, international sports law consultant at Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland (valloni.ch). Co-author of Sport and EU competition law: an introductory guide (2026, Edward Elgar Publishing). Newlawjournal.co.uk
Sports lawyer
Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw, international sports law consultant at Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland (valloni.ch). Co-author of Sport and EU competition law: an introductory guide (2026, Edward Elgar Publishing). Newlawjournal.co.uk
Dr Estelle Ivanova & Dr Ian Blackshaw champion the importance of fair competition in the sports sector
Ian Blackshaw looks at efforts to combat racist abuse around football both online & at games
Dr Ian Blackshaw on why the 2026 Men’s World Cup is attracting attention well before kick-off
To mark the start of the Winter Olympics, Ian Blackshaw reflects on the jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
As artificial intelligence takes the field, sport faces new legal & governance dilemmas: Ian Blackshaw examines the state of play
As the women’s Euros kicks off, Ian Blackshaw pitches in from the sidelines with some tips on how to tackle ambush marketing
As the Games continue, sports lawyers are poised to deal with any Olympian controversies, writes Ian Blackshaw
Settling sports disputes by ADR is a winning formula, observes Ian Blackshaw
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
The High Court has upheld a rare successful serious-irregularity challenge after an arbitrator relied on an implied term neither party had advanced
Thirty years after The Future of Law shook a profession still using fax machines, its central forecast looks increasingly less like prophecy and more like description
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
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