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Yesterday, we saw two landmark cases as a result of misusing Twitter. The former New Zealand cricketer, Chris Cairns was awarded damages of £90,000 by the High Court over a defamatory tweet in what is considered to be the first Twitter libel case to be heard in England. Lalit Modi, tweeted in January 2010 that [...]
Why is sports law so complex? Well there is a lot involved in sports nowadays, sports is not just guys behind a ball trying to bring glory to a club or a nation but they are also as my professor explained once: ” sports is a millionaire person behind a ball with a sponsor corporation [...]
The heart of the case revolved around the resignations of the former Joint Managers Robert Scott and Paul Hurst of Boston United FC (Boston) and their swift appointment as Joint Managers of Grimsby Town FC (Grimsby). One may question where the legal argument is. From the face of it, it appears quite normal to leave [...]
FrontRow Legal would like to invite you, your colleagues, friends & family to a free drop-in lunch at our new offices on Friday 23 March 2012 between 12:30 – 2:30 at The Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry Street, Leeds, LS11 5QP. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet the FrontRow Legal Team on [...]
Football clubs across the UK may face substantial damages claims as Gillingham striker Mark McCammon becomes the first to sue his club for race discrimination – in the wake of this landmark tribunal claim FrontRow Legal’s Carly Barnes examines the potential consequences. Barbados International McCammon, 33, claims that he and other black players at Gillingham [...]
The Football Association (FA) has alleged that QPR midfielder, Alejandro Faurlin, was fielded illegally by the Club for the whole of the 2009-10 season due to his registration not being owned by QPR, but by a third party. Specifically, these allegations are concerned with the existence of an agreement between the Club and a third [...]
“…Assange is now a household name which he needs to protect…”
Former Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillethas been given the limited chance to launch a damages claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), former Reds chairman Sir Martin Broughton and New England Sports Ventures (NESV) over the sale of the club. The move comes after orders barring the action in the United States were varied and [...]
“..The “rogue reporter” defence lacks strength in some areas and it remains to be seen whether the judiciary will consider it to have much bearing going forward…”
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