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 on noteworthy, […]
Welcome to the Winter edition of the Sports Law Group Newsletter. Christopher Coltart QC Editor A note from the editor Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! 2 Hare Court has a burgeoning sports law practice, with members instructed in disciplinary cases involving football, rugby, athletics, horseracing and other sports. This has led to appearances […]
Daniel Sturridge, formerly of Liverpool FC and England, was charged by The FA in November 2018 with breaching its inside information rules. It was alleged that Mr Sturridge had passed inside information about his prospective transfer moves to friends and family, so that they could place bets on those moves accordingly. The original Regulatory Commission […]
Following a trial of two months’ duration at Southwark Crown Court, two football agents, Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pagliara and Dax Price, and a former assistant head coach of Championship side Barnsley FC, Tommy Wright, were convicted of four counts under the Bribery Act 2010. On 17th January 2020 they were sentenced as follows, the court observing […]
Following a trial of two months’ duration, two football agents, Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Pagliara and Dax Price, and a former assistant head coach of Championship side Barnsley FC, Tommy Wright, have been convicted of four counts under the Bribery Act 2010. The case stemmed from an extensive undercover investigation into alleged corruption in football by The […]