“Families bereaved by the Hillsborough tragedy have learned that they will get access to secret police and government documents within three months after a long campaign for the papers to be released.”
The Guardian, 20th June 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has had his banning order extended by two years.”
BBC News, 19th June 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Majeed; Regina v Westfield [2012] EWCA Crim 1186; [2012] WLR (D) 172
“Where a sportsman corruptly accepted financial inducements to identify, in advance, occasions when during a match he would play in a specific, previously agreed, manner, the conduct of that sportsman, whose contract obliged him to refrain from doing anything that might damage the reputation of the club or board which employed him, was integral to the affairs and business of that club or board, who were therefore victims of such corrupt activities, even if the bribes were not intended to and did not influence the club or board in any way.”
WLR Daily, 31st May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Corporate hospitality might have been expected to have a bumper season this year. But apparently such is not the case. A number of companies, it is reported, are refusing to allow their staff to accept ticketsto the Olympics, lest they fall foul of the Bribery Act 2010. Commendable restraint, one might think, but let’s take a closer look.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 8th June 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Recently on Halsbury’s Law Exchange Simon Hetherington wrote a thoughtful piece on boxing. He stated candidly at the outset that he was not a boxing fan. For my own part, I admit to being an inveterate fan of the sport, although I haven’t followed it closely for a few years now. Even the most avid boxing fan, however, has to admit that the activity gives rise to serious moral and legal questions. And even if one finds satisfactory answers to those questions in principle, no-one can be happy – from a legal, moral or sporting perspective – with the way in which boxing is run, as the embarrassing saga of the planned fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora demonstrates.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th June 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“The ‘football creditor rule’ under which football creditors, such as the club’s players and managers, were paid in full in priority to other creditors did not offend either the pari passu principle or the anti-deprivation rule.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The controversial rule allowing the Football League and Premier League to insist that football players, managers and other clubs get paid before other creditors if a football club enters administration will ‘likely become an irrelevance’ as penalties against insolvent teams become more sophisticated, according to an expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Pietersen was docked an undisclosed sum for comments aimed at the ex-England opener during the first Test against the West Indies at Lord’s.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Individuals who access information about football goals that is stored in a database do not infringe on the database rights of football authorities, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Almost half of the courtrooms handling the most serious criminal cases in London will be closed down during the Olympics, according to official plans.”
The Independent, 7th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man barred from protesting at the site of an Olympic basketball training facility has been ordered by a court to stay away from all Games venues.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 published
Source: www.legislation.gov.uk
“An east London resident wants to take legal action after his apartment complex was earmarked for the use of surface-to-air missiles during the Olympics.”
BBC News, 1st May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More football clubs in England may go into administration in the next few years if football authorities elect to fine clubs for spending beyond their means, a sports law expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th April 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two men have been found guilty of money-laundering charges following a £2.3m fraud against the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.”
BBC News, 24th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The British Olympic Association (BOA) believes it is likely to lose its legal battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), BBC Sport understands.”
BBC News, 20th April 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An activist who took part in a protest against the construction of an Olympic facility says he has been handed a court order banning him from approaching any Olympic venue, activity or official.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If the CPS finally cracks down on racist chants at football matches it won’t be for want of prompting. But whether they can do so by threatening clubs with prosecution or loss of points is highly questionable. In his lecture at the University of Portsmouth on Wednesday, Nick Hawkins, the CPS’s lead sports prosecutor asked sports authorities to help stamp out racist chants from the sidelines.”
The Guardian, 29th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns has been awarded £90,000 in damages after allegations on Twitter that he was involved in match-fixing.”
BBC News, 26th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Vincent Kompany, Didier Drogba, Nenad Milijas are members of the growing club of players being sent off for serious foul play in the Premier League. Pundits and commentators seem to like nothing more at the moment than to pore over these decisions, happy to quote anyone that will talk about it with their view or opinion.”
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