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As the Olympic Games is now under way, with women’s football taking place even before the official opening ceremony, it seemed like a useful time to consider the problem that the event organisers face from ambush marketing, and how the media are already reporting some of the stories that are emerging. There have been a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If the freezing winter temperatures were not enough to put overseas players off playing for English clubs, HMRC’s announcement that they are closing down Employee Benefit Trusts (‘EBTS’) and Employer Financed Retirement Benefit Schemes (‘EFRBS’) with immediate effect will be enough to bombard their agents and accountants with pertinent questions and arguably stop any new [...]
If Tevez is as unhappy about staying in Manchester as his associates apparently suggest and refuses to play or retire, City may sue for breach of contract, seeking tens of millions of pounds in compensation from Tevez agent. Given that Tevez has 3 and a half years left to run on a five year contract [...]
Morrisons’ decision to seek £1m from FIFA for snubbing the England 2018 bid in an “unfair process” is highly unlikely to succeed, according to Richard Cramer, partner at Leeds-based sports law firm FrontRow Legal. Cramer told Insider Morrisons’ “tongue in cheek” request was good promotion for the supermarket, but the chance of a refund was [...]
Questions are being asked and fingers are starting to be pointed after England’s 2018 Fifa World Cup bid failed yesterday, 2nd December 2010. The England bid went out in the first round, having earned just two votes, with Russia beating the Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium bids in round two. Prime Minster David Cameron, who was part [...]
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