“Joey Barton’s appeal against his red card for violent conduct in QPR’s match against Norwich City has been dismissed by the Football Association.”
The Guardian, 4th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is investigating Premier League footballers and their clubs over alleged ‘secret perks’ enjoyed by players and their families, according to reports.”
The Guardian, 1st January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Databases of football fixture lists are not protected by EU database copyright laws because the creation of the fixtures themselves is not part of what the EU law protects, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Courts may be forced to close for weeks and cases could be severely delayed during the Olympics next summer because of transport disruption and the need to free police for security duties.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Soccer star Wayne Rooney’s lawyers today claimed victory in the latest round of a multi-million pound legal fight with a sports management firm.”
The Independent, 1st December 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A high court judge has been asked to take action against a football industry debt rule described as revealing ‘the ugly side of the beautiful game’.”
The Guardian, 30th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammed Amir are to begin appeals against their sentences for a spot-fixing scam next week.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A social club where two young boys took part in a cage-fighting event can continue to hold similar bouts even though it breached its licence, councillors said on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Recently three Pakistani test cricketers, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, were convicted of conspiracy to cheat at gambling and conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, arising out of Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010. They were sentenced to 30 months, 12 months and 6 months’ imprisonment respectively (Amir having pleaded guilty). Butt has recently filed an appeal against sentence. Regrettably, although it is the first such prosecution in the UK, only a delusional optimist would assume it will be the last. It therefore falls to be considered whether the sentences were justified.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 14th November 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Mike Tindall has been fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and removed from England’s elite player squad for his World Cup conduct.”
BBC News, 11th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Cricket’s anti-corruption chief insists illegal betting is not endemic in the game, in the wake of three Pakistan players being jailed for spot-fixing. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been given prison terms for conspiring to bowl deliberate no-balls in a 2010 Test match against England.”
BBC News, 3rd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of their part in a ‘spot-fixing’ scam after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.”
BBC News, 1st November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Last night, Wycombe Wanderers became the first football club to sign the Charter against homophobia and transphobia in sport.”
Home Office, 26th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A Nottingham student who was given £54,000 damages after he injured his knee during training at a rugby club has been ordered to pay the money back.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has changed the drafting of proposed new laws on Olympic advertising to prohibit advertising on the human body at events during the 2012 Games in London.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th October 2011
Source: www.out-law,com
“Wayne Rooney will miss England’s 2012 European Championship group matches after being banned for three matches for his red card against Montenegro.”
BBC News, 13th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The clauses of an exclusive licence agreement concluded between a holder of intellectual property rights and a broadcaster constituted a restriction on competition prohibited by article 101FEU of the FEU Treaty where they obliged the broadcaster not to supply decoding devices enabling access to that right holder’s protected subject matter with a view to their use outside the territory covered by that licence agreement.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A court’s decision to award £50,000 compensation to a schoolboy rugby player after he was injured by on-field debris has sparked calls for judges to ‘live in a realistic world.'”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Landmark European court decision will keep lawyers busy but it won’t make much difference to consumers.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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