Welcome to the Spring edition of the Sports Law Group Newsletter. Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC Editor A note from the editor Welcome to the Spring edition of the 2 Hare Court Sports Law Group Newsletter. We are all in uncharted and testing times and absent any engagement with live sport, Chambers have compiled articles […]
Public Hearings have resumed in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. The Inquiry is now in it’s second phase which will focus upon the refurbishment of the tower, including the building and cladding work carried out from 2012 to 2016 and the aftermath of the fire. Members of chambers are instructed on behalf of a number […]
Gudrun Young leading Sophia Dower were instructed to represent Mark Acklom at his trial before Bristol Crown Court where he faced 20 counts of fraud and money laundering offences. As a result of these allegations, Mr Acklom was named in the National Crime Agency’s “Top 10 Most Wanted List” which created what can only be […]
Sophia represented the interests of Ms W, a teacher accused of assaulting a 12 year old girl in the context of a road rage incident. The alleged assault occurred after a collision between Ms W and the Complainant’s car which was being driven by her mother. It was alleged that Ms W pulled the Complainant […]
Sophia Dower was instructed in an appeal against Transport for London to the City of London Magistrates Court in relation to the revocation of her client’s private hire driver’s licence. Mr A was a driver for Uber for approximately two years before he was permanently suspended by the company in March 2018. A complaint had […]