By Alex Miller at SportAccord, London 6 April 2011 Britain’s sports minister Hugh Robertson has urged the Welsh FA not to let politics deprive Gareth Bale of his ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ to represent Great Britain at next year’s Olympics. Earlier this year, the Football Association of Wales spelt out that they will oppose […]

By Nick Harris 15 October 2010 With the sale of Liverpool to NESV complete and John W Henry, one of the world’s leading sports tycoons, promising ahead of this weekend’s Merseyside derby to restore the club to its former glories, sportingintelligence can reveal Tom Hicks and George Gillett’s legal battle for $1.6bn compensation is likely […]

8 October 2010 . The latest legal opinion on the Liverpool situation . . . (Earlier opinions here) . John Schorah, Commercial Director at law firm Weightmans LLP (profile) “It isn’t that often that the sole shareholders of a business that isn’t technically in administration are forced to have their stakes sold without them being […]

6 October 2010 . Legal opinions on the Hicks / Gillett / Liverpool situation. (More may follow) Most recent related story here . Danny Davis, Partner, Mishcon de Reya “Administration is an empty threat, as the bank will be eager to avoid the resulting public outcry. Should Gillett & Hicks go to litigation to fight […]

* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s latest column, Danielle McCormick discusses how the internet age poses new […]

* THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon, associate, considers the appropriate […]

** THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s latest column, Emily Osborne, associate, explains why HMRC is so taxing […]

** THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from theSport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s latest column, Chris Bain, employment law specialist, looks at Fabio Capello’s contract, while Andrew […]

** In the run-up to the next crucial meeting on Thursday of Portsmouth’s creditors at Fratton Park, Guy Thomas, Head of Insolvency at SA Law LLP , who has blogged extensively on Pompey’s woes, takes a look at the key players in the insolvency of Portsmouth City Football Club in its transition from Premiership club […]

** THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues. In TSL’s first column, Faye Bargery, corporate finance specialist, looks at Uefa’s ‘Fair […]