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Premier League Competition Warning Sports Minister Richard Caborn is warning premiership clubs that they need to engage with EU proposals to reform sport governance, alternative is to face legal action in the future, imminent white paper likely to include national quotas for players 08.05.07 Financial Times, Competition Law, EU Competition
FA Backs Down to Football Agents Agents have force the Football Association to delay introduction of new contracts, but agents have built up £250k fighting fund and intend to challenge several of the new provisions 27.04.07 Guardian
CCTV Key to Woolmer Case CCTV footage has been digitalised to help police identify anyone coming or going on the 12th floor of the Pegasus Hotel on March 17 Guardian Betting on cricket in India, Pakistan is huge, as much as £50m on a single game 26.03.07 Guardian, Gambling Law, Woolmer Case
Fallon Faces Six Month Drug Ban French authorities say Jockey Keiron Fallon had traces of enzoylecgonine in routine test, faces six month worldwide ban, not likely to appeal, already banned in UK due to fraud charges 30.11.06 Times, Drugs
FA to Crack Down on Agents Football Association is to bring in tough new code to govern agents, ban on having 'stakes' in players, representing both player and club Telegraph, FA Football Agents Regulations Stevens' Quest team have visited Bolton to probe transfer of Fabrice Fernandes, also looking at Tal Ben Haim, Ali Al-Habsi and Hidetoshi Nakata 03.11.06 Guardian, Bribes in Football
FA Code for Agents Football Association will impose a new code on agents, ban on representing two parties in single deal, dealing directly through family members 24.10.06 Guardian, Bribes in Football
FA Shows Force to Agents As Stevens admits fewer than half of agents have responded to request for cooperation in bung inquiry, FA charges Andrew Collymore for touting contracted player Guardian Saif Rubie suspended for failing to respond to routine questionnaire GuardianFA Shows Force to Agents As Stevens admits fewer than half of agents have responded to request for cooperation in bung inquiry, FA charges Andrew Collymore for touting contracted player 04.10.06 Bribes in Football
Value of Sports Data Rights Despite an ECJ ruling that its database enjoyed no intellectual property rights, the British Horseracing Board (BHB) continued to seek revenues from its data and in the case of Attheraces Limited (ATR) it did so aggressively 03.03.07 Michael Simkins, Competition Law, Intellectual Property
VAT on Football Agent Fees Newcastle United faces a substantial tax bill for player transfers and contract renewals following Newcastle United plc v Commissioners for HMRC [2006] UKVAT V19718, tribunal dismissed club's appeal, finding that VAT paid by the Club when paying agents' fees was not recoverable 14.12.06 Michael Simkins, UK Tax, VAT
Role of Football Agent The High Ct has confirmed sports agency contracts are quite different from those of artists, former agent of Wayne Rooney, Proform, lost its claim of unlawful contract interference against Proactive 08.11.06 Clintons, Entertainment Law
Reform of Football Governance UK govt must be delighted at FA support even for a watered down adoption of the Burns Report, including semi-autonomous disciplinary unit, achievement of reforms remarkable because the govt had little leverage, though threat of withdrawal of government funds loomed in minds of FA councillors 07.11.06 Simkins
Spurs, Lasagne and Sports Governance Dodgy lasagne: now that Spurs has failed in its attempt to get the Premier League to order that its match against West Ham should be replayed, it is interesting to speculate how the courts might deal with such an issue 11.05.06 Michael Simkins
Salary Caps In its recent draft decision on the New Zealand Rugby Union's application for authorisation of its salary cap proposal, the New Zealand Commerce Commission has made a substantial contribution to the continuing worldwide debate on whether salary caps are acceptable under competition law 08.04.06 Simkins, Competition Law, Employment Law
Sports Governance In a case involving horseracing in September 2005, the Court of Appeal equated sports governing bodies with most public bodies, giving them a very wide margin of discretion which they do not seem accountable and transparent enough to deserve 15.03.06 Simkins
Sports Governance Sports Minister Richard Cabornâs campaign to get governing bodies to clean up their acts in return for a legal exemption from EU law is unlikely to get very far 17.12.05 Simkins
Tapping Up Whilst most of us will have become bored of reading about the Ashley Cole "tapping up" scandal, many employers may be asking themselves whether or not any steps can be taken to prevent employees from talking to competitors 14.06.05 Keeble Hawson, Ashley Cole Case Links, Employment Law Links
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West Ham Ruling Likely to Go to Court Sheffield Utd, Charlton are to lead challenge to FA, fined West Ham for using ineligible players but did not deduct points, ensuring club stayed in the Premiership 14.05.07 Guardian
Rooney Sued for Libel Everton manager David Moyes has issued a writ against Wayne Rooney, co-writer Hunter Davies, and publishers HarperCollins over the book Wayne Rooney â My Life So Far, claims damage and distress over claim he leaked stories about Rooney with prostitutes 24.04.07 Press Gazette, Celebrities in Law, Libel & Defamation, Media Law
Tough Line on Carling Final Flare Up FA has taken a hard line against Arsenal and Chelsea following brawl at end Carling Cup final, charges and suspensions for Toure, Eboue, Adebayor and Mikel 28.02.07 Times
Jewell Will Contest FA Charges Wigan manager Paul Jewell says he will contest FA charges for use of abusive language to referee Phil Dowd during game with Arsenal on Sunday, players will say Dowd used f-word with them 13.02.07 Times
Which? Shoots for JJB Strips Consumer group Which? has launched a 'supercomplaint' suit against JJB Sports, powers under Enterprise Act allow it to act on behalf of consumer groups, claims retailer over-charged for replica football shirts 09.02.07 Times, Competition Law, Consumer Rights, Retail Law
FA and Multiplex Settle on Wembley FA and Wembley contractor Multiplex have agreed to settle disputes on litigation-prone project, FA will pay £36m provided stadium ready for next year's FA Cup Final 20.10.06 Telegraph, Construction
Italian Clubs Reprieved Leading Italian football clubs fond guilty of corruption have had their sentences markedly reduced, Fiorentina and Lazio are back in Serie A, Inter Milan back in Champions League qualifiers, Juventus points deficit halved 26.07.06 Guardian
Football Rights EU and Premier League are near agreement on broadcast rights, EU wants to end exclusive rights to single company as with BSkyB, League will offer five packages, no more than four to one provider 19.10.05 BBC, Capital Markets Links, EU Competition Links
