The Sports Lawyer
May 13th, 2013
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ANDREW NIXON is a sports lawyer, a partner in the sports group at Sheridans. He is a specialist in the regulatory framework of football and has advised clubs and individual players on regulatory disputes. In the first of a series of new columns for Sportingintelligence, Nixon explores whether a challenge to Uefa's FFP regulations by a Belgian agent, Daniel Striani, could scupper the European body's plans.
By Andrew Nixon
13 May 2013
In 1995 the case of Jean-Marc Bosman came before the European Court of Justice and changed the face of football in Europe. The case involved (amongst other issues) a challenge to the legality of the transfer system for football players.
The ECJ found in favour of Bosman...
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May 4th, 2012
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THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon reflects on the British Olympic Association's failed appeal against WADA. x
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By Andrew Nixon
4 May 2012
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has lost its appeal against WADA's ruling on lifetime Olympic bans for athletes found guilty of doping offences. The ruling opens the door for athletes serving BOA bye-law bans to compete at the London...
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January 27th, 2012
THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the controversial BOA by-law hearing.
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By Andrew Nixon
28 January 2012
The controversial British Olympic Association by-law that imposes lifetime Olympic bans on athletes who have been suspended for six months or more will come before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 12 March 2012.
The hearing has been listed following the determination by...
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November 11th, 2011
THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the risks associated with social media in sport.
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By Andrew Nixon
11 November 2011
Gloucester centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu (pictured below) has been banned for three weeks by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) disciplinary panel chaired by David White in Bristol on Monday.
The sanction was imposed following comments towards Saracens fly-half, Owen Farrell, and as a result the...
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November 7th, 2011
THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon discusses the issue of corruption in sport.
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By Andrew Nixon
7 November 2011
Earlier this year, the International Cricket Council (the ICC) banned three Pakistani cricketers (Mohammad Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif) following allegations that they had taken steps to fix certain aspects (in particular relating to the bowling of no balls) of the Lord's Test...
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