Sports
Our team of sports solicitors is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support to clients across the sports sector.
We offer a full range of services, including:
- Risk and liability management
- Insurance coverage
- Regulatory compliance
- Child protection issues
- Governance and disputes affecting sports national governing bodies (NGBs) organisations, clubs, competitors, officials, spectators and insurers.
Our multidisciplinary team of sports lawyers brings a wealth of skills and expertise to the table, coupled with our pragmatic and commercial approach. We recognise that sports leaders need legal solutions that are tailored to their specific needs and goals. We take the time to understand our client’s objectives and work closely with them to develop strategies to help them achieve success.
Sports leaders are looking for legal services that are innovative, collaborative and forward thinking. We are known for our thought leadership, as you will see from our report on unravelling the challenges and opportunities in UK sports governance. Our focus is on providing our clients with cutting edge legal solutions that give them a competitive edge.
We are committed to sports law and helping our clients succeed. We have the expertise and knowledge to help you navigate the complex legal landscape of the sports industry. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help you to achieve your goals.
Key contacts
Sarah Erwin-Jones
Partner
Laura Hughes
Partner
Kevin Lawson
Partner
Rachel Lyne
Partner
Testimonials
"Browne Jacobson’s sports team deals with a wide variety of high quality sports work and is unique in its ability to draw on other areas of the team’s expertise, for example its defendant personal injury specialism. Members of the team are without exception specialists in their field and possess a unique knowledge of the industries in which they operate."
"The team has a unique understanding of their clients’ needs based on the teams extensive experience and knowledge of the industries in which they practice and always strives to deliver an exceptional client service. The team gets a regular stream of high quality and high value work and always manages that work efficiently and effectively."
Latest insights and events
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Unravelling the challenges and opportunities in UK sports governance
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Browne Jacobson successful for National Lottery in Court of Appeal
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Browne Jacobson advises ThinCats on provision of £5.5m growth capital to Big Fang Collective
Opinion
Vicarious liability of amateur sports teams for player on player injuries
Legal Update
Work experience placements – commendable: have them, and be alive to the risk
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Insolvency practitioners and trustee immunity
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Balancing elite sport with a career in corporate law
Legal Update
Fulham Football Club v Jordan Levi Jones
Browne Jacobson LLP, acting for Fulham Football Club, have succeeded on Appeal in overturning the first instance judgment of Recorder Craven that held the Club was liable for a sliding tackle made by one of its players in the course of a competitive match.
Press Release
Browne Jacobson successfully appeal personal injury claim against Fulham Football Club
Browne Jacobson LLP, acting for Fulham Football Club, have succeeded on appeal in overturning an earlier court ruling that the club was liable for a sliding tackle made by one of its former under 18 players, Jayden Harris, in the course of a competitive match.
On-Demand
'Barry Bennell case' webinar
This webinar looks at the three key themes in the decision, and is aimed at sports & social clubs (including safeguarding officers).
Legal Update
Bath Rugby Ltd v Greenwood and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1927
A 1922 restrictive covenant was unenforceable as it did not clearly identify the land intended to be benefited by it.
Legal Update
Local authority leisure provision in a time of Covid
It was no surprise that the leisure sector was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and that many local authority leisure contracts required significant intervention.
Opinion
Sports associations and clubs – keeping children safe from sexual abuse – Lessons learned from the Sheldon report
On 17 March 2020 a report by Clive Sheldon QC was published. He had been appointed by the FA back in December 2016 to carry out an independent review into allegations of sexual abuse by coaches and scouts working in youth football between 1970 and 2005.
Legal Update
Analysis: Six key aspects of the Budget 2021
Yesterday the Chancellor outlined the much-anticipated budget for 2021 which set out a financial recovery roadmap to coincide with the easing of Lockdown 3.0 over coming months.
Legal Update
Pause Game - Coronavirus and Contracts
The true impact of coronavirus on the games industry is yet to be seen, but there is no doubt that it is currently impacting the industry.
Opinion
Should heading the ball be banned in football?
A report by experts from the University of Glasgow looking at deaths caused by neurodegenerative disease in former professional footballers in Scotland.
Opinion
Does Ossett United FC’s decision open the floodgates for claims by injured sports players?
Ossett United FC is a football club based in Yorkshire, playing in the Northern Premier League. On 12 November 2019, they lost a claim for damages brought by Rees Welsh, a semi-professional player from an opposing team.
Press Release
Browne Jacobson advises AFC Wimbledon on crowdfunding round to fund new £30m stadium
Browne Jacobson has advised AFC Wimbledon on its crowdfunding round to secure £2m towards the cost of building its new 9000 seater stadium.
Legal Update
Are redress schemes the answer to improving the way abuse claims are dealt with?
The search for improved ways of dealing with abuse claims has put a spotlight on redress schemes; with Manchester City football club recently announcing a scheme and Lambeth Council providing a ‘half time’ assessment of their scheme.
Legal Update
Pope admits that priests sexually abused nuns
Internationally, a number of investigations and inquiries have unearthed historical sexual abuse by priests. Previously, the focus had been on allegations of abuse against children.
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