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3PB Head of Sports Louis Weston and Sports barrister Gemma White highlight key 2018 Sports Law issues for LawInSport

15th January 2018

Sports barristers Louis Weston and Gemma White have this year again participated in LawInSport’s 2018 key sports issues survey. Praising whistleblowers and the important part they play in making and keeping sports clean, Senior Junior Louis Weston expects their role to be further encouraged and their actions protected by Sports governing bodies in 2018. Gemma White anticipates the world of Sport to learn and benefit from the #MeToo movement, providing governing bodies the drive to...

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert was Junior to Tim Naylor, the BHA’s Head of Regulation, in the independent disciplinary panel considering whether Jockey Hayley Turner had broken the Rules of Racing on the grounds of bets placing. For more information on the hearing, please click here. The case attracted press coverage in The Guardian, SBC News and the BBC among others.

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA in a disciplinary panel concerning Jockey Graham Gibbons and his testing positive for the use of a metabolite of cocaine. The panel also had to consider how to respond to his attempt to present a sample that was not his own. For more information on the hearing, please click here. The case attracted press coverage in The Racing Post, Sky Sports and the BBC among others.

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA in a disciplinary panel concerning Jockey Dale Swift and his testing positive for the use of cocaine. For more information on the hearing, please click here. The case attracted press coverage in The Times and from the BBC among others.

Many congratulations to Graham Gilbert whose sports expertise has been acknowledged through his recent appointment to Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Panel. Sport Resolutions is the independent, not-for-profit, dispute resolution service for sport in the United Kingdom. Established by the main stakeholder groups in sport, their aim is to provide an expert, speedy and cost effective alternative to internal appeals processes and court-based litigation. They provide sport specific arbitration and mediation services and operate the National Anti-Doping Panel...

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA in a disciplinary panel involving Rebecca Bastiman, following her horse Big Red being administered a Prohibited Substance. For more information on the hearing, please click here.

Sports Barrister Graham Gilbert has represented the BHA twice in disciplinary panels involving trainer Dean Ivory. The disciplinary panel in Dean Ivory - Links Drive Lady concerned the cross-contamination of the horse with hayfever medicine, as a result of contacts between the horse and her keepers, who were using hayfever medicine to alleviate their symptoms at the time. The disciplinary panel in Dean Ivory - Wotadoll involved the cross-contamination of Wotadoll with O-desmethyltramadol, a metabolite of tramadol which...

In his latest article for LawInSport, sports barrister Graham Gilbert reflects back on the British & Irish Lions' recent Tour of New Zealand and  the sending of All Black Centre Sonny Bill Williams in the second test: should cross code conduct be considered in mitigation in rugby disciplinary cases? Please click here to read Graham's analysis.  

3PB head of sports Louis Weston and sports barrister Gemma White have written an article for LawInSport calling for a unified approach to sanctions for corruption offences across sports disciplines. While the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has well known codified sanctions for doping violations, there is no consistency of punishment between sports for players or participants who breach anti-corruption or betting rules. Louis and Gemma's article examines the extent of the disparities, the reasons...

Louis Weston, head of the Sports Group, had a busy July acting for the WPBSA in the prosecution of former world number 2, Stuart Bingham (judgment reserved), the Turf Club, in the successful prosecution of Trainer Luke Comer, the GBGB in the successful prosecution of Nick Wileman, and the BHA in a race fixing case (judgment reserved).

Louis Weston, head of the Sports Group, acted for the BHA (leading Caoimhe Daly, of QEB) in the prosecution of jockey Carter and the trainer Wainwright and others in the alleged race fixing of the rise of BLAZEOFENCHANTMENT for the full coverage see The Guardian and The Racing Post.  

3PB sport law barrister Graham Gilbert has written an article for LawInSport on sexism in football and the independence of disciplinary panels in light of issues arising from the David Moyes case. David Moyes had made remarks towards an interviewer, Vicki Sparks in March 2017 and consequently faced a Football Association disciplinary hearing. The article looks at: The FA’s rules pertaining to Mr Moyes’ actions The main issues in the case Current concerns about football’s...