Sports litigation

Harry Sheehan on why the Supreme Court’s guidance on the common law test for employment status was much needed

The Supreme Court’s recent football referee decision on the common law test for employment status has ‘wide ramifications’ for employment law, Harry Sheehan, Devereux Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ

As the Games continue, sports lawyers are poised to deal with any Olympian controversies, writes Ian Blackshaw

The seeming impossibility of triple back-flips and impeccably synchronised dives may impress and inspire, but have you ever tried to breach the legal safeguards surrounding the five Olympics rings?

Not only the athletes but the lawyers should win a gold medal, writes Athelstane Aamodt

Michael Nash reflects on the contractual situation of football’s shooting star

E-sports is the next frontier in sports law, an industry worth US$1.5bn in the US and growing, write Hailsham Chambers barrister Theo Barclay & RISQ financial analyst Harry Burley in this week’s NLJ

Theo Barclay & Harry Burley report on the next frontier for sports litigation

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Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees

Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

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NLJ this week: Traders’ convictions quashed in Libor shock

The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement

NLJ this week: Small firms call for tech clarity as AI looms

Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Trans pool player loses discrimination fight

Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Pro bono power without the red tape

Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Fraud claims climb as courts brace for AI threats

Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes

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Sports litigation

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees