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19 April 2012
Issue: 7510 / Categories: Legal News
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Sporty court

Supreme Court to stage Olympic exhibition

The Supreme Court is to stage a unique exhibition, Playing by the Rules, on the Olympics and sports law this summer. It will chart the history of sport and the law, covering such issues as ethics, anti-doping, commercialisation, branding and the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, as well as profiling some famous lawyer Olympians, including the rower Lord Moynihan and Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards.

Andy Gray, head of De Montfort University’s sports law unit, which is mounting the exhibition, said: “The role of the law in sport tends to only make the headlines when things go wrong.”

The free exhibition opens in July, a week before the start of the Olympics.
 

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—four appointments

Birketts—four appointments

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Harper James—Lottie Hugo

Harper James—Lottie Hugo

Commercial law firm announces appointment of corporate partner

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joins corporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

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