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Mary Tetley
Chief Executive
British Sub-Aqua Club
Mary Tetley is Chief Executive Officer for the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC)
and has held this role for the last seven years. BSAC is the governing body
for scuba diving and is 60 years old this year! She was previously the
Business and Marketing Manager for BSAC and has a background in
marketing, business and journalism.
In her current role Mary has been focussed on making scuba more of a family
sport. She has been tasking with running a membership drive, encouraging
safe diving practices and promoting the sport to reach a wider audience. Part
of her work has involved working with young people on sport strategy and as
a result she has been encouraging young people to take-up snorkelling and
scuba and running beachcomber courses for all of the family. She has also
been leading the implementation of a new CRM system in addition to writing
books on scuba and launching a new member magazine – SCUBA.
Mary is keen pioneer of marine conservation and an active lobbiest for more
marine zones. She has lobbied alongside Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall and
Fish Fight.
Mary is an active member of her local community in North Wales. She owns
a chocolate shop in North Wales and is passionate about encouraging women
to become involved in business. She enjoys working with young people in
schools to inspire them on their careers.
In her spare time she enjoys riding and scuba diving.
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Tim Kerr QC
Barrister
11 King’s Bench Walk
Tim Kerr QC is a leader in local government law, education law,
administrative law and sports arbitration, both domestic and international. He
is well known as a versatile advocate, adviser, investigator and arbitrator. He
sits as a Recorder in criminal, civil and specialist Chancery cases. His
practice at the Bar blends traditional advocacy and advisory work with
investigations and arbitrations.
Tim arrived at the Bar with a first class degree in law from Magdalen College,
Oxford. He is a keen linguist who has worked in French, German and
Spanish. As well as appearing in courts and tribunals in England and Wales,
he regularly undertakes disciplinary investigations and chairs arbitration
panels in the public and sports sector.
Tim’s client base embraces public bodies, particularly local authorities,
employers, schools, colleges, universities, national and multi-national
corporations, sports governing bodies, players and athletes. He regularly
speaks at and chairs seminars and conferences on education, local
government and sports law.
Tim is a member of the FA Premier League Panel of Arbitrators and the Sport
Resolution UK Panel of Arbitrators. He chairs Anti-Doping Tribunals for the
International Tennis Federation and is Chairman of the International Cricket
Council Doping Hearing Panel, based in Dubai. As an arbitrator, he has
adjudicated in doping cases involving the tennis players Martina Hingis (of
Switzerland), Mariano Puerta (Argentina), Richard Gasquet (France) and
Filippo Volandri (Italy) among others.
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Janice Shardlow
Head of Governance and Legal Affairs
British Equestrian Federation
Janice is a solicitor and Head of Governance and Legal at the British
Equestrian Federation where she leads on all legal matters such as
international federation issues, World Class team legal advice, regulation,
commercial, and corporate governance. She is also responsible for antidoping issues and for the administration of the Federation’s international
influence programme. She is a Board member of UK Anti-Doping.
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Andy Gray
Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs, British Swimming/ASA
Head of Sports Law Unit, Leicester De Montfort Law School
In-house counsel to the national governing bodies for British and English
Swimming since 1996. Advises on a broad range of commercial, disciplinary
and regulatory issues with both a national and international dimension, with a
particular interest in sports governance, athlete relationship management and
sporting integrity.
More recently as a member of the Senior Executive Team of British
Swimming has assumed responsibility for management of the Human
Resources function with particular emphasis on driving a Culture Change
agenda to develop the sport Post-Olympics 2012
Involved in design and delivery of the LLM in Sports Law and Practice (by
distance learning) programme at Leicester De Montfort Law School and the
Postgraduate Certificate in Sports law presented by DMU in partnership with
the British Association for Sport and the Law (BASL). Visiting lecturer at
Loughborough University, School of Sport and Exercise Science.
Co-author of chapters on “Sports Governance” and “Child Protection” in the
leading sports law publication “Sport: Law and Practice” (Lewis & Taylor, 2nd
edition Tottel Publishing 2008)
Sports Regulatory Consultant to Brabners Chaffe Street solicitors.
Director of BASL
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Karen Moorhouse
Head of Legal
Rugby Football League
Karen's experience is broad ranging including advising on commercial,
regulatory, financial and property matters.
Her role encompasses issues faced by both professional and community
clubs.
Prior to working at the RFL, Karen worked at the Football Association.
Karen is a qualified solicitor and has a post graduate certificate in Sports Law.
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Richard Harry
Dispute Resolution Manager
Sport Resolutions
Richard is a Sports lawyer and former Chief Executive of the Welsh Rugby
Players Association.
Richard Harry started his career as a specialist employment and sports lawyer
at Hugh James Solicitors in Cardiff before joining Clarke Willmott in Bristol.
He left Clarke Willmott to establish the Welsh Rugby Players Association.
More recently he returned to Clarke Willmott in a consultancy role and has
acted as Consultant to the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2009.
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Bates Wells & Braithwaite
Thea Longley, Partner
t.longley@bwbllp.com
T: +44 (0)20 7551 7796
Thea has a special focus on advising sports clubs, NGBs and other
membership organisations on legal forms, registration as a CASC/Charity,
restructuring, constitutional issues, contract work and advice on funding.
Augustus Della-Porta, Associate
a.della-porta@bwbllp.com
T: +44 (0)20 7551 7750
Augustus has significant experience of establishing new charities and social
enterprises and providing ongoing commercial and charity law advice. He
particularly focuses on advising sports organisations and governing bodies on
sports charities and Community Amateur Sports Club status.
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Brabners Chaffe Street
Jason Smith, Partner
jason.smith@brabnerscs.com
Tel: 0161 836 8813
Mob: 07747 770704
Jason, who is responsible for Brabners’ relationship with Sport and
Recreation Alliance and its members has specialised in advising on legal
issues relating to sport and recreation for over 15 years. Recognised as a
leader in this field, he advises on all regulatory, disciplinary and governance
issues. He also has particular expertise advising on the exploitation of
commercial rights within sport including event organisation, sponsorship,
broadcasting and social media having advised on deals worth over £2 billion.
He is responsible for Brabners’ relationships with and has advised, amongst
others, British Canoe Union, British Cycling, British Judo, British Sub-Aqua
Club, British Swimming, Commonwealth Games England, FINA (the world
governing body for the aquatic sports), Manchester United Football Club, the
Metropolitan Police Community Boxing Clubs and the Rugby Football League.
He was also legal advisor and company secretary to World Swimming
Championships 2008 Limited, the company set up by Manchester City
Council, British Swimming and UK Sport to host and stage the FINA 2008
World Championships in Manchester. He advised on numerous issues
relating to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London in 2012 and
has most recently advised on the first sponsorship agreement for the Olympic
Games and Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, advising Banco Bradesco,
Brazil’s second largest bank.
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He is a member of the International Law Faculty at the University of Neuchatel
in Switzerland, lecturing and providing workshops on the FIFA International
Masters Degree in Management, Law and the Humanities of Sport. He
regularly contributes to industry publications and has spoken at numerous
conferences, including overseas.
Carol Couse, Partner
carol.couse@brabnerscs.com
Tel: 0161 836 8815
Mob: 07814 016399
Carol has a broad range of experience in sports law, having exclusively
advised in this area for over 10 years.
She advises international federations, national governing bodies,
associations, leagues and clubs and other sporting and recreation entities on
all aspects of their business, including disciplinary, regulatory and governance
issues. She has also represented sports clients before dispute resolution
forums at both a domestic and international level, including before the Court
of Arbitration for Sport (‘CAS’), The FA, UEFA and FIFA, including acting for
the European Swimming Federation (‘LEN’) in successfully upholding its
disciplinary proceedings before the CAS in two separate cases and
representing clients before the UEFA Appeals Body in respect of on-field
disciplinary matters. She also advises sports clients on commercial matters
including event organisation, sponsorship and broadcasting.
Carol is also a lecturer on the ISDE Sports Law Masters in Madrid and
regularly lectures in the UK and abroad on sports law related topics.
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Chris Anderson, Associate
chris.anderson@brabnerscs.com
Tel: 0161 836 8912
Mob: 07741 197912
Chris is a dual qualified (Scotland and England) solicitor who specialises in
sports law, as well as having significant London corporate experience gained
at a ‘magic circle’ law firm. He has worked extensively in sport, and acted
successfully on a number of selection and other matters relating to the
Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012. Chris is also an Appeals Chairman
member of the Scottish Football Association Judicial Panel.
Chris has advised many governing bodies and sports clubs on a variety of
issues. These include high profile cases before regulatory bodies which have
gone to the level of both the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss
Federal Tribunal. Chris also advised the English Premier League Chairman at
the Companies Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on the case of
Fulham FC v Sir David Richards and another, which is now the leading case
in its area.
Chris has published widely on sports law issues and also lectures at the
University of Edinburgh on sports law.
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Dolmans
Paul Veysey
e-mail:
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DDI:
paulv@dolmans.co.uk
07909 963424
02920 727317
Paul Veysey is a litigation Partner at Dolmans Solicitors who is responsible for
the IT and support infrastructure of the practice as well as being the firm’s
Data Protection Officer.
Over the last decade, Paul has serviced the needs of our public authority and
insurer clients, providing guidance and support with many aspects of data
management, fraud, surveillance evidence and freedom of information
requests.
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Bethan Walsh
e-mail:
mobile:
DDI:
bethanw@dolmans.co.uk
07766 105374
02920 727325
Bethan Walsh is a solicitor within the Corporate, Commercial and
Employment team at Dolmans Solicitors and deals with all aspects of
employment-related matters, mergers and acquisitions, assignment of
intellectual property rights and the supply of goods and services. She also
advises on corporate legal powers and governance, rights and obligations
under commercial contracts and the implications of data protection legislation.
Bethan is also a solicitor in the Sports team and provides advice on all forms
of sports-related law to Definitive Sports Management, the firm’s sports
management division.
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Farrer & Co
Alastair Cotton, Senior Associate
alastair.cotton@farrer.co.uk
Alastair is a Senior Associate in the Sports Group at Farrers.
He provides regulatory, commercial and IP advice to our sports clients,
including by assisting them in relation to issues such as sponsorship, staging
events, world class performance programmes, selection, anti-doping,
licensing coach and officials and membership matters.
In particular he works with our NGB clients on governance and drafting and
enforcing rules and regulations. He led the team that advised on the UK Sport
template funding agreement, including the governance requirements, and has
spoken widely on governance issues. Alastair has been on secondment to the
British Olympic Association.
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Daniella Lloyd, Associate
daniella.lloyd.co.uk
Daniella is an associate in our Corporate team who works with some of our
key sports clients including the LTA and the Sport and Recreation Alliance on
a wide range of corporate and governance matters. She specialises in
corporate transactions, advising national sports governing bodies and
commercial sports organisations in connection with share and business
mergers, acquisitions, disposals, investments and re-organisations.
Daniella has advised our sports clients on constitutional issues (including the
effects of the Companies Act 2006). Daniella has been seconded to the Lawn
Tennis Association (where she was involved in a variety of commercial and
regulatory matters).
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Gateley
John Burns, Partner
m: +44 (0) 790 991 0816
JBurns@gateleyuk.com
Expertise
John is a Commercial Partner at Gateley and his main areas of expertise are
intellectual property exploitation, franchising, brand licensing, commercial
agreements, competition law, sports and media.
His uncluttered and commercially focused approach has won him praise when
dealing with high profile, high value matters. John is an established speaker
at various brand licensing seminars both in the UK and abroad and is a
director of the Manchester Fashion Network.
Successes
John has acted for a wide range of sports clients including football clubs,
agents, athletes and leading sports brands.
His experience spans advising on the protection and exploitation of
personality rights and drafting and negotiating a vast range of commercial
agreements including merchandising and sponsorship agreements.
John acts for both brand owners and licensees and has acted in some of the
biggest deals in sport, including multi million pound kit and licensing
agreements and advising on the naming rights of new stadia.
“John Burns is a highly regarded non-contentious expert with particular
experience in the sports and media sectors” Chambers 2012
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Heather Aust, Solicitor
dt: +44 (0) 161 836 7942
HAust@gateleyuk.com
Heather is a Solicitor in the employment team at Gateley. She provides
advice and support to a number of clients including public and private
organisations.
Experience
Heather has experience across the full gambit of employment work including
advising on every day workplace issues and drafting contractual
documentation with the corresponding policies. Heather also has particular
expertise in immigration matters.
She manages a varied case load of Employment Tribunal claims and guides
clients through the process from start to finish. Heather is able to adjust her
approach to litigious and non-litigious matters taking into account her client's
aims and impact of wider considerations.
Heather is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association,
Employment Lawyers Association and the Manchester Young Solicitors
Group. She volunteers and co-ordinates Gateley's input into the Manchester
University Legal Advice centre, dedicating a significant amount of time to probono work.
Successes
Specific immigration work which Heather undertakes is as follows:
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Advice and guidance on how to become a Registered Sponsor with the
UK Border Agency;
Strategic immigration advice and options to bring employees from
outside of the EEA into the UK to work and/or to retain migrant staff in
the UK;
Advice on using the Sponsor Management System and advice on
obtaining Certificates of Sponsorship;
Advice on complying with Sponsor obligations, duties and reporting
requirements;
Advice and training to clients to ensure compliance with the prevention
of illegal working regime in the UK;
Advice on Business Visitor applications and compliance;
Advice on Indefinite Leave to Remain/naturalisation applications.
Colin Mattis, Partner
CMattis@gateleyuk.com
m: +44 (0) 7921 490 183
Colin is a Partner at Gateley and heads up the firm's Banking and Finance
team in London specialising in corporate banking and all forms of security
documentation. He has advised on bilateral & syndicated facilities, acquisition
& leveraged finance transactions, property & development finance
transactions and debt & equity restructurings.
Experience
Colin has represented institutional investors, UK and US banks, building
societies and public & private companies (in both the UK and US) in UK and
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cross-border acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs, joint ventures
and private equity transactions.
He has experience of advising clients in the banking and finance, property,
healthcare, technology, motor, marine, retail & leisure, and sports sectors.
Successes
Advised DRC Capital and syndicate of mezzanine lenders on the debt and
equity refinancing of a care home group.
Advised LaSalle Investment Management, who provided the mezzanine debt
funding alongside the senior debt funding provided by Lloyds Banking Group
in relation to the acquisition of a commercial retail site.
Advised National Westminster Bank Plc, who provided the senior debt funding
alongside the mezzanine debt funding provided by a fund managed by N M
Rothschild & Sons to an AudioGo group company for the acquisition of a US
corporation.
Advised Downing LLP and its VCT funds on a series of debt and equity
investments provided to companies in the health and leisure sectors.
Interests
Colin's interests include golf, football, rugby and Tae Kwon Do, where he
competed and was part of the Great Britain squad. He is also an Executive
Board Member of TKD England, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes the
inclusion and access of sport to all through the art and sport of Tae Kwon Do
in England.
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Moorhead James
Ben Moorhead, Senior Partner/Client Relationship
Ben is the senior partner and co-founder of the firm. He qualified as a solicitor
in 1983 and became a partner with Lawrence Graham soon afterwards.
He advises a wide range of clients from smaller privately owned companies to
large financial institutions and has substantial experience in corporate finance
and funding and negotiating commercial agreements.
Ben also has particular expertise in the sports and leisure industries. He has
been a board member of a Stock Exchange listed leisure group and has acted
for several major sports' governing bodies.
In March 2010, Ben was elected to the Committee for Kent County Cricket
Club. He is also a Trustee of several charities working in the sport and youth
sectors.
Ben is a member of the British Association for Sport and Law.
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Edward Wheen, Partner/Workshop Leader
Edward specialises in Employment Law (acting for many of the largest bus
companies, amongst others) and Sports Law (acting for a number of National
Governing Bodies for Olympic and Paralympic sports).
In the employment field, he has acted in numerous Court of Appeal and
Employment Appeal Tribunal cases including, recently, some of the latest
cases on the application of TUPE.
In the sports field, he is particularly strong on selection procedures and, in
connection with the 2012 Games, acted for the NGB in a high profile athlete
selection appeal at Sports Resolutions.
His extensive and varied experience, and expertise, enables him to identify
quickly the best solution in most situations, and to adapt to the needs of his
clients.
After serving 6 years as a Metropolitan Policeman, Edward qualified as a
barrister in 1989. He qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and became a Partner at
Moorhead James LLP in 2001. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers
Association and the London Solicitors’ Litigation Association.
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Samantha Murray-Hinde, Associate/Workshop Leader
Sam specialises in employment law with an emphasis on the sport and
transport sectors and acts for a wide range of clients, including a number of
sports charities and governing bodies for Olympic and Paralympic sports.
Advising on all aspects of employment law, including recruitment practices,
conditions of employment and contractual matters, employment status,
statutory rights and obligations, redundancy and restructuring, workplace
disciplinary and grievance procedures and investigations, and employment
tribunal and high court claims, Sam is also experienced in handling complex
issues such as TUPE, the Working Time Regulations, discrimination claims
and whistleblowing.
Her non-contentious practice involves drafting contracts, service agreements,
compromise agreements, termination packages and producing customised
policies, particularly within a sports context, on issues such as the use of
electronic media, volunteers, and disciplinary and selection procedures in
respect of athletes. She also provides interactive training to clients through
seminars.
Sam qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and became an Associate with Moorhead
James LLP in 2011. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers
Association.
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Muckle
Andrea Gardner, Partner
Andrea.gardner@muckle-llp.com
0191 211 7999
Andrea Gardner focuses principally on non-contentious construction and
engineering project work. Her experience is broad, ranging from advising
private and public sector parties on the commercial and contractual aspects of
traditional development work, to advising on major projects, including PPPs,
and PFIs. Andrea is familiar with all standard forms of contract and
experienced in drafting bespoke forms to suit a particular project.
John Devine, Partner
John.devine@muckle-llp.com
0191 211 7905
John Devine is a partner and head of the Sports Team. He works with
athletes, agents, sporting organisations and governing bodies on a range of
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legal issues in the sports sector. These include regulatory and governance
matters, compliance issues, constitutional reviews, commercial contracts,
image rights, sponsorship and endorsement, licensing and event
management. John has a keen interest in CSR in sport and has advised
over 100 professional sports clubs on the establishment of community sports
and education charities (regulatory companies affiliated to, and supported by,
professional clubs), including over two thirds of the clubs in the Premier
League and Football League. John speaks fairly fluent French and has
advised several international players who have come to work in the UK.
Stephen McNicol, Managing Partner
Stephen.mcnicol@muckle-llp.com
0191 211 7904
Stephen McNicol's role in the Sports Team is to develop the services and
contacts that we have and make sure that we are creative in the way in which
we support our sporting clients. An important part of our role is to minimise the
distractions and challenges that clubs, professional bodies and individual
athletes have so that they can focus on what they do best – excelling in their
chosen sports. He helps to manage relationships with our carefully selected
business partners and ensures that Muckle's corporate and commercial
expertise is effectively and appropriately combined with our specialist sporting
knowledge – a bespoke service for our sporting clients.
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Pinsent Masons
Trevor Watkins, Partner, Global Head of Sport
Trevor leads our global sports practice, "...a superb lawyer who has handled
some truly cutting edge work" (Chambers Legal Directory). Recognized as
one of the world's top 20 sports lawyers by Sport Business International , his
practical experience is rooted within the industry. He lead the rescue and
became Chairman of AFC Bournemouth in 1997, oversaw the development of
their 10,000 seat stadium, sat on the board of the Football League and was
integral to the creation of the National Anti-Doping Panel.
Known for his extensive work across key areas of the business of sport, he
delivers strategic advice and guidance, particularly in relation to commercial,
operational, governance and financing issues. He is the lead partner for the
firm on the UK Sport/Sport England/SRA panel, overseeing a team of over 70
lawyers. He was also the recipient of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
for the south in 1997.
trevor.watkins@pinsentmasons.com
(o) 0207 490 6614 (m) 07970 793886
(t) @ PMSportlaw
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James Earl, Senior Associate, Sport
James is a highly experienced member of our group, specialising in advising
the sports and entertainment industry. He oversees a specialist commercial
rights and event management team that takes great pride in closing deals on
time and on budget. He is also committed to adding value to clients by
accessing industry contacts, sharing new ideas and intelligence and spotting
opportunities. James has overseen a considerable number of financing
transactions within the sports sector. He and Trevor have now worked
together for over 7 years forming a formidable leadership of a strong industry
team operating out of our 8 UK and 10 overseas offices.
james.earl@pinsentmasons.com
(o) 0207 490 6622
(m) 07813 155983
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Kimberley Perry, Solicitor, Commercial
Kimberley specialises in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts
including supply of goods and services, outsourcing, distribution and agency
agreements. She works closely with Trevor and James advising sport sector
clients on commercial issues facing their business such as funding structures,
sponsorship and merchandising, competitions and bespoke commercial
agreements. Kimberley has worked with a variety of clients including The
Jockey Club, Sports Revolution and the Rugby Players Association.
Kim.perry@pinsentmasons.com
(O) 0121 335 2998
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Thomas Eggar
Andrew Nixon, Senior Associate
Referred to in this year's Legal 500 as "a very bright and talented sports
lawyer" Andrew deals with a wide range of commercial contract, liability and
disciplinary disputes, with a particular focus on the sports, media and
entertainment industries. He also also completed Post Graduate Diploma in
Sports Law and sits on the Editorial Board for Law in Sport.
Andrew acts for governing bodies, sports clubs and individual athletes. He
has particular expertise in the regulatory and constitutional structure of sport
(in particular the not for profit sport sector), good governance in sport, the
duties and obligations of sports governing bodies, sports disciplinary matters
(including selection disputes), player/club and athlete/governing body
disputes.
Specialties: Sports regulation; sports disciplinary; governance and the
constitutional structure of sport; governing body duties of care; sports
mediation and arbitrations.
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Tom Barnard, Solicitor
Tom is a solicitor in the dispute resolution and sports teams. Tom's
experience includes dealing with a wide range of commercial and liability
disputes. On the sports side, Tom advises football clubs, governing bodies,
charities and sports professionals on a variety of matters, including
disciplinary issues and good governance.
Specialties: Sports regulation; sports disciplinary; governance and the
constitutional structure of sport; governing body duties of care;
Hannah Clipston, Partner, Commercial Dispute Resolution
Hannah is Partner in commercial dispute resolution team and heads up the
firm's sport and leisure group. Hannah’s practice focuses on the resolution of
disputes primarily within the leisure sector, and her clients include Greenwich
Leisure Limited and Nuffield Health. She encourages her clients to think
practically and commercially about the resolution of disputes and regularly
uses mediation and other ADR methods. Hannah also has a wide range of
experience in conducting proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal
as well as arbitrations governed by the LCIA rules.
Specialties: dispute resolution, arbitration and mediation within the leisure
sector.
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Wright Hassall
Richard Lane, Managing Partner
01926 880707
richard.lane@wrighthassall.co.uk
“Wright Hassall LLP has an ‘extensive team of experts who are effective and
efficient’. It represents a number of governing bodies, including British
Showjumping, British Dressage, Archery GB and Bowls England…[the] very
experienced and supportive’ Richard Lane is also recommended” Legal 500
2012
Richard has been involved in many types of case for various claimants
including acting for a wide variety of businesses, individuals and sports
bodies. He specialises in commercial litigation, professional negligence and
sports regulation and discipline. An expert sports lawyer, Richard advises
NGBs in relation to competitor discipline and disciplinary proceedings and
sporting regulation including child protection and doping issues.
Richard is a member of the British Association of Sport and Law. NGB cases
in which he has been involved include:
 CAS Appeal against a decision of the FEI to exclude the GB Nations
Cup team from the top league of the Nations Cup. The appeal was
successful.
 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) - International Paralympic
Committee -v- World Anti-Doping Agency & Brockman. Acted for the
British Equestrian Federation (BEF) and Mr Brockman. The case was
decided in favour of Mr Brockman.
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Sport Resolutions - Richard has acted on several cases before the
Sport Resolutions panel.
Sports Tribunal work - several cases advising sports governing bodies
on disciplinary and regulatory issues, including breaches of competition
rules, child protection issues and use of prohibited substances by
competitors.
Christine Jackson, Partner
01926 880774
christine.jackson@wrighthassall.co.uk
“Wright Hassall LLP has an active and wide-ranging practice, regularly
handling complex deals with an international element…with the ‘very
knowledgeable’ Christine Jackson [recommended] on the commercial side”
Legal 500 2012
Christine’s expertise includes drafting, advising and /or negotiating on all
manner of contractual arrangements for sports sector clients / NGBs,
including event staging agreements, funding agreements, sponsorship
agreements as well as on more ‘operational’ contracts, such as web
development agreements or other IT / consultancy related contracts
necessary when such services are being bought in. Christine focuses on
achieving a balance of risk versus reward in the contractual matters that she
advises on.
Christine gives regulatory/compliance advice in relation to the Data Protection
Act 1998, child protection and safeguarding (Protection of Freedoms Act
2012), cookies, and website compliance. Christine enjoyed a six month
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secondment to a multinational sports merchandise retailer where she advised
on player sponsorship deals, branding, merchandising and all manner of
contractual matters at the heart of the business.
Laura Heeley, Associate
01926 884640
laura.heeley@wrighthassall.co.uk
“Laura did a wonderful and thorough job, always available to advise and
always able to calm my concerns. I honestly believe I couldn’t have been in
any better hands, she is a jewel in your company.” Kelvin Bywater, Show
Direct
Laura specialises in commercial disputes resolution, sports regulatory matters
and equestrian and agricultural disputes. She carries out advocacy including
interim applications (such as summary judgment, setting aside default
judgment, strike out, and case management conferences), and a variety of
trials.
She advises on commercial contract disputes involving breach of contract,
indemnity claims, insurance disputes and disputes relating to sale of goods
and supply of goods and services. She advises sports national governing
bodies (NGBs) in respect of disciplinary and regulatory procedures, child
protection matters, disciplinary disputes and sports tribunal work including
appeals to Sports Resolution and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.