Key points from The F.A. -v- Massimo Cellino case on unauthorised agents and the disciplinary process

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 specifically at:
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The background to the case
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The Regulatory Commission decision
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The first appeal
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The second appeal
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Nick De Marco KC
Nick De Marco KC is ranked as one of the top lawyers in sports law. He acts for international and domestic sports-governing bodies, federations, players, clubs, sponsors, broadcasters and agents across all sports in both commercial and regulatory disputes.
He is recognised as the foremost expert in football regulatory issues by all the leading UK legal directories. In addition to acting in numerous high-profile football disputes, he has a busy practice in many other international sports including boxing, motorsports, tennis, gymnastics, cricket, rugby and athletics.
He regularly lectures and writes on sports law, is author and editor of ‘Football and the Law’ (Bloomsbury 2018 & 2022) and ‘Challenging Sports Governing Bodies’ (Bloomsbury, 2016), contributor to ‘Lewis & Taylor: Sport and the Law’ (Bloomsbury, 2021) member of the Editorial Board of Law In Sport & Football Legal and the Advisory Board of the Middle East Sports Law Platform and host of The Sports Law Podcast.