‘Accident victims may struggle to get recompense if access to joined-up European laws is lost when the UK leaves the EU.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th February 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Football Association’s ability to govern the sport and reform itself has been passed by a small number of MPs. The backbench motion, proposed by the chairman of the culture, media and sport committee Damian Collins, has no legal force but was intended to increase the pressure on the FA to reform its board and council in line with the new official code for sports governing bodies.’
The Guardian, 9th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A “loophole” that allows sports coaches to legally have sex with 16 and 17 year olds in their care must be closed by the government, the NSPCC has said.’
BBC News, 26th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Independent Police Complaints Commission has ruled out an inquiry into potential misconduct by police during the Bradford City stadium fire that killed 56 people.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Evidence on 23 people and organisations linked to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has been handed to prosecutors, it has been revealed.’
The Independent, 12th January 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The independent review into allegations of child abuse in football has made its first call for evidence. Set up by the Football Association and led by Clive Sheldon QC, the review has written to all football clubs in England and Wales, amateur and professional, asking for information about allegations of child sexual abuse between 1970 and 2005.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Britain’s most senior police officer gave a misleading account about the evidence he provided following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, but he remains innocent of any misconduct, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has found.’
The Guardian, 15th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs, Jon Thompson, has told MPs he would like to see a review of the way footballers can reduce their tax bills. He said payments to them for their image rights were “the most significant risk in football” faced by HMRC.’
BBC News, 7th December 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Barry Bennell, a former football coach, has been charged with eight offences of sexual assault against a boy.’
Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2017
source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Four police forces say they are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse within football.’
BBC news, 25th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
McGill v Sports and Entertainment Media Group and others [2016] EWCA Civ 1063
‘The claimant, a licensed football agent, brought proceedings against a football player seeking damages for breach of contract, claiming that he had negotiated a transfer deal for the player under an oral contract, but that another agent, having induced the player to breach his contract with the claimant, had made the deal with the new club itself and received the fee of £300,000, thereby depriving the claimant of his fee for the work which he had done. The claim was settled in 2009 with payment of £50,000 to the claimant in full and final settlement. In 2012 the claimant brought an action against the first to fourth defendants, being the agent which had allegedly induced the breach of contract and three individuals associated with it, and the fifth to ninth defendants, being the club to which the player had transferred and four individuals associated with it. The claim was for, inter alia, the torts of inducing a breach of contract, breach of confidence and unlawful means conspiracy. The judge found that all the ingredients of the causes of action for inducement of breach of contract and unlawful means conspiracy were made out apart from causation and loss, and dismissed all the claims.’
WLR Daily, 12th October 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A high court judgment in which the current England assistant manager, Sammy Lee, was found to have knowingly given false evidence has been upheld by the court of appeal. Lee, when manager of Bolton Wanderers for a short period in 2007 having taken over from Sam Allardyce, was found to have lied about his club’s involvement in signing the midfield player Gavin McCann, who had been poached by the agents SEM.’
The Guardian, 7th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Legal costs for the families at the inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims totalled £63.6m.’
BBC News, 2nd November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Arguably the most serious miscarriage of justice of our times – lessons must be learned from the iconic Hillsborough proceedings, writes Pete Weatherby QC.’
Counsel, November 2016
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A book by a former chief inspector about his involvement in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster will be assessed by the police watchdog and prosecutors.’
BBC News, 21st October 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘South Yorkshire’s most senior police officer was told to step down because he showed unacceptable insensitivity to Hillsborough disaster victims, his police and crime commissioner has said. PCC Alan Billings suspended Chief Constable David Crompton and on Thursday asked him to resign after he delivered a controversial statement following the Hillsborough inquest alluding to “other contributory factors” to blame for the deaths.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th September 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Hillsborough inquest took two years and a million pages of evidence. Two of the lawyers involved explain that, despite the scale of the task, they were determined to put the deceased and their families at the heart of the case.’
Legal Voice, 22nd September 2016
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘The world of football paid tribute to one of the mercurial stars of the Premier League’s early years after former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson died after being Tasered by police.’
The Guardian, 15th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A rising English rugby star, who was accused of raping a girl he met on the Tinder dating app, has been cleared by a jury in just over an hour.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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