Law

By Nick Harris 2 June 2010 HM Revenue & Customs has started legal proceedings against the Premier League in the wake of the financial collapse of Portsmouth to try to have the so-called ‘“football creditors’ rule” (FCR) abolished. Under the rule, if a club enters administration, “football creditors” including other clubs, players and managers owed […]

7 May 2010 Togo will be allowed to play in future editions of the African Nations Cup following an agreement between the African federation (CAF) and the Togo FA, mediated by the Court for Arbitration in Sport. CAF said Togo warranted a ban because they pulled out of this year’s event after members of their […]

15 April 2010 Uefa’s ongoing fight to eradicate match-fixing notched up a significant victory today when The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland upheld several Uefa verdicts as CAS dealt with a match-fixing case for the first time in its history. The Macedonia club FK Pobeda had been banned for eight years by […]

15 April 2010 The Premier League will take legal action to overturn Ofcom’s decision to force BSkyB to offer its sports channels to rivals at cheaper prices. A statement on the League’s website today, the League’s chief executive Richard Scudamore says: “Having taken time to study the 655 page Ofcom decision in respect to its Pay-TV […]

18 February 2010 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today rejected an appeal by Togo to have their ban from the next two African Nations Cup tournament lifted. Against a background of much derision, Togo were banned by the African federation, CAF, from the next two tournaments, after the Togo government pulled the […]

By Nick Harris 4 February 2010 Chelsea have today been cleared of wrongdoing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the 2007 signing of Gaël Kakuta from Lens in France after the clubs reached an unspecified “agreement” over the player’s move. To reach this conclusion and avoid the case dragging on, Chelsea paid an undisclosed […]

. UDO ONWERE had a 12-year career as a professional footballer with clubs including Fulham before he hung up his boots and pursued a new career in law. He now works for leading law firm Thomas Eggar on tax and estate planning issues and works extensively within the sports, media and entertainment industries. . . […]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has cleared Richard Gasquet to resume his tennis career, believing that cocaine got into his system after he kissed a girl in a nightclub. The press release from CAS on 17 December can be found here. And the full details of the case can be found here.