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Act 2025 (better known as Martyn’s Law) received Royal Assent on 3 April 2025, the broad shape of the regime was already ...

For the Malta Football Players Association (“MFPA”), it was hard not to hear echoes of a pre-Bosman era, when a Brazilian player sought out their legal help at the end of 2022 to challenge a ...

International sports federations (ISFs) and national sports governing bodies (SGBs) have traditionally argued that their decisions do not fall within the purview of public law. To help their case, ...

The Swiss Federal Court recently upheld the criminal conviction of an amateur footballer following a tackle he made during a game of football, which resulted in injury to an opposing player. The fact ...

The recent Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) award in Paul Pogba v. NADO Italia [1] offers a compelling case study of how the strict liability regime under the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC) and its ...

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Almost a year since the case was heard before an FA Regulatory Commission, the final decision in the case of The FA v Massimo Cellino has been published.1 This blog analyses the case, looking ...

Walter is a consultant specialising in sports law. He has extensive experience in Chairmanship of Disciplinary Tribunals/Anti-doping Tribunals. Walter has also fought doping cases on behalf of ...

Lucien is a highly experienced litigator in both international and domestic commercial and arbitration cases in the Swiss courts, up to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court level. Lucien is also one of the ...

She is the Deputy Director General at PVF Football Academy. SLAM 2024 Judge - Arbitrator, SLAM 2025 Judge - Arbitrator, SLAM 2026 Judge - Arbitrator ...

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