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Sport, Safety & Participation – Annual Review 2024/25

Welcome to the Safety and Participation chapter of the LawInSport Annual Review 2024/25.  Over the last 40 years, both amateur and professional athletes have been able to use…
LawInSport Podcast
Sports, Athlete Welfare, Articles, Safeguarding

Preventing abuse in sport: An overview of the safeguarding regimes in the US, UK & Canada

Addressing athlete maltreatment and abuse continues to be a hot-button issue in the sports world. Due to increasing glo…
Employment Law, Sports, Athlete Welfare, Employment, Articles, Safeguarding

The ‘duty to prevent’ sexual harassment: How the UK Worker Protection Act impacts sports organisations and employees

The interest in women’s sport has increased exponentially over recent years, especially after the Lionesses’ success at…
Sports, Athlete Welfare, Articles, Safeguarding

Childhood sexual abuse claims: How proposed reforms to UK limitation periods could impact sports organisations

Until now, all personal injury claims, including those for childhood sexual abuse, have been subject to a three-year li…
Event Catch-Up, Athlete Welfare, Articles, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding

Takeaways from Ankura & LawInSport's Sports Governance, Compliance, and Investigations Workshop & Seminar - 3rd Edition

The Ankura Sports practice held its third Sports Governance, Compliance and Investigations Conference supported by LawI…
Gymnast Split
Sports, Football, Articles, Olympic, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding, Swimming

Safeguarding and GDPR: What should sports organisations know?

As safeguarding remains at the top of the agenda for sports clubs and organisations, internal and external safeguarding…
Woman Running On Track
Athletics, Sports, Articles, Olympic, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding

Best practice in safeguarding - World Athletics lead the field with updates to their pioneering safeguarding policy

This article examines World Athletics' updated Safeguarding Policy, highlighting how, in the authors’ opinion, it exemp…
Gymnast preparing for Competition
Sports, Articles, Olympic, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding

From policy to practice: A sport organisation's guide to effective safeguarding

Recent investigations and high-profile cases[1] have highlighted the urgent need for robust safeguarding frameworks wit…
Gymnast on bar
Sports, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Safeguarding

Lawyer for 40 UK gymnasts shares insights into the difficulties in addressing allegations of abuse

In this interview, Joseph Carr - an expert in abuse claims against sports organisations, schools and religious institut…
Highliner
Athletics, Cricket, Sports, Blogs, Football, Horseracing , Articles, Olympic, Regulation & Governance, Safeguarding, Littleton Chambers

Top 10 Tips for launching an ‘Independent Review’ in Sport

John Mehrzad KC FCIArb of Fountain Court Chambers, sets out an updated top 10 tips for conducting an independent review…
Safeguarding Football
Sports, Athlete Welfare, Articles, Safeguarding

What sports leaders need to know about the Sports Safeguarding Culture Programme

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast1”. That’s not to say that an organisation’s safeguarding strategy isn’t incredibly…
Woman Powerlifting
Anti-Doping, Sports, Blogs, Despina Mavromati, Dispute Resolution , Articles, Olympic, Safeguarding

First human rights challenge before Swiss Federal Tribunal after Semenya decision: Reiterates narrow scope of right of appeal

This article discusses a recent decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (“SFT”) appears to be the first instance of invo…