9 December 2020
It is not uncommon for injuries to occur to the participants in a sporting contest. The risk of injury, particularly in contact sports, is a recognised occupational hazard of the sport. However, as sport becomes more commercialised we…
Read more11 August 2020
The first year of collaboration between the Law School at University of Gloucestershire and Stowe Family Law has proven to be a great success. Stowe Family Law is the largest specialist family law firm in the UK with offices located throughout the…
Read more10 August 2020
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has recently released its full 93-page judgement of CAS2020/A/6785 Manchester City Football Club v UEFA. You may recall that earlier this year Manchester City were handed a 30 million euro fine…
Read more6 June 2020
What is State Aid and what is the problem with it? The current Coronovirus pandemic and the impact it is having on a wide range of different industries and businesses is well reported in the news, as are…
Read more22 May 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020, implemented on 26th March 2020, have been subject to much debate and media criticism. In the video below, Kate Goodwin, a Senior Lecturer in Law, discusses some of the legal…
Read more6 May 2020
When the ‘Stay at Home’ rules were released by the Government, there were concerns as to how children would be able to spend time with both parents when they did not live in the same household. The Stay…
Read more4 May 2020
As we settle into the new routine of working and studying from home, many of us will be reflecting on the impact of the Government’s guidelines on social distancing on many spheres of the law. From non-performance of…
Read more20 January 2020
The Law School is delighted to announce that we will be collaborating with Stowe Family Law as part of the Level 5 Family Law module from this year. Stowe Family Law is the largest specialist family law firm…
Read more6 December 2019
In the last few years there has been a veritable conveyor belt of sporting governance scandals; bribery and corruption at the heart of FIFA, serious safeguarding omissions and failure to protect vulnerable children (US Gymnastics, English Football clubs),…
Read more4 December 2019
Background In May 2019 the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) gave judgment in what was arguably the legal sporting case of the year. The case concerned the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (‘IAAF’) to…
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