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Place your bets: government sets out gambling reform proposals
Ministers have set out proposals for an overhaul of gambling laws.
03 May 2023
Women’s sport & the law Premium Content
What is fair & what is legal when it comes to trans inclusion in elite women’s sports? Naomi Cunningham & Fiona McAnena weigh up the law & the latest guidance
07 April 2023 / Naomi Cunningham / Fiona McAnena
Trans participation in rugby: an unlawful exclusion? Premium Content
For LGBT+ History Month, Michael Walker & Nadjia Zychowicz explore the legality of the Rugby Football Union’s ban on transgender women competing in female-only forms of their games
24 February 2023 / Michael Walker / Nadjia Zychowicz
NLJ this week: Pitch invaders who interrupt play should beware of the law
In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at trespass on the field of play. It’s just not cricket! 
07 October 2022
NLJ: Tackling sports abuse
There has been a rise in disclosures of historic abuse in sport. Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Mayor and Alastair Gillespie, look into what can be done about this shocking issue
11 March 2022
Abuse in sport—the tip of the iceberg? Premium Content
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie look at the potential for litigation arising from the sportsfield, amid a spate of allegations
11 March 2022 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
NLJ this week: Tackling abuse in football, rugby and other sport
There has been a rise in disclosures of historic abuse in sport. Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Mayor and Alastair Gillespie, look into what can be done about this shocking issue
10 March 2022
Safeguarding & duty of care in sport: an own goal? Premium Content
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie discuss the breadth of the liability net for claims regarding safeguarding & duty of care in sport
07 October 2021 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
Sports law & governance: widening the net? Premium Content
When problems crop up in the sporting world, its governing bodies can no longer rely on lack of knowledge, say David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie
23 July 2021 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
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Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
NLJ this week: Costs without limits?
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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