The Employment Rights Act 2025 (the Act), which applies to Great Britain, that is, England, Wales and Scotland, but not to Northern Ireland, which has its own employment legislation, comes into force, in stages, this year and next, contains some new rules of particular relevance
Professional basketball players in Spain are employees, but they are not ordinary ones. Their contracts are governed primarily by Royal Decree 1006/1985 (RD 1006/1985), which regulates the special employment relationship of professional athletes. The Workers’ Statute (Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015) applies as supplementary law, where RD
Lausanne, 23 October 2026 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld an appeal by Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda against World Athletics (WA). CAS rules that Mr Ikeda did not commit an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and shall be reinstated to sports
It has been reported that the House of Representatives (National Council) of the Swiss Parliament has voted 109 to 81 to repeal the gender quota rule for leadership boards of national sports federations and umbrella groups like Swiss Olympic. This rule required that these boards and
When a club in financial difficulty stops paying, the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) is often the first and fastest forum available to a player, coach or agent. The recent collapse of Trapani Shark, an Italian Serie A club, that was also competing in the Basketball Champions
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced today that it will transition its stakeholder engagement model from a commission-based approach to a working group approach. This is a result of the ongoing Fit for the Future process and will enable more targeted engagement on key
Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI) has imposed a three-year suspension on an amateur weightlifter for the possession and attempted trafficking of BPC-157 and has also ordered her to pay a fine. During a postal inspection, a package containing the prohibited substance BPC-157, addressed to an amateur athlete,
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We are pleased to announce that, with effect from 1 November 2026, Pablo Pérez joins our Law Firm, where he will be the Head of our Spanish Desk. Pablo holds a Masters’ Degree in International Law and is admitted to the Madrid Bar. He is an experienced