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Bhavul Haria & Daniel Sheehan explain why serious disclosure failures did not end hundreds of former players’ brain injury claims

02 October 2026 / Bhavul Haria / Daniel Sheehan
NLJ this week: Rugby claims reprieved
More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court
02 October 2026
NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
06 March 2026
Ethics on the payroll? Premium Content
The growing use of ethics bonus clauses in footballers’ employment contracts demands sophisticated drafting to avoid costly litigation, writes Dr Estelle Ivanova
05 March 2026 / Dr Estelle Ivanova
The backbone of employment law? Premium Content
Harry Sheehan on why the Supreme Court’s guidance on the common law test for employment status was much needed
25 October 2024 / Harry Sheehan
NLJ this week: Championship League refs decision goes beyond the pitch

The Supreme Court’s recent football referee decision on the common law test for employment status has ‘wide ramifications’ for employment law, Harry Sheehan, Devereux Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ

25 October 2024
Swift justice at the Paris Olympics Premium Content
As the Games continue, sports lawyers are poised to deal with any Olympian controversies, writes Ian Blackshaw
09 August 2024 / Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw
NLJ this week: Gold medal standard legal work

The seeming impossibility of triple back-flips and impeccably synchronised dives may impress and inspire, but have you ever tried to breach the legal safeguards surrounding the five Olympics rings? 

09 August 2024
Olympic-standard rights protection Premium Content
Not only the athletes but the lawyers should win a gold medal, writes Athelstane Aamodt
09 August 2024 / Athelstane Aamodt
The Midas touch of Lionel Messi Premium Content
Michael Nash reflects on the contractual situation of football’s shooting star
16 September 2020 / Michael L Nash
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Pro Bono Week marks silver jubilee
The 25th Pro Bono Week begins today until 6 November, with events hosted by law firms, chambers, law schools and charities across the UK
NLJ this week: Pro bono’s silver lining
Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice
NLJ this week: Wrong expert, costly exit
Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
NLJ this week: Time for judges to break their silence?
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
NLJ this week: Discounted damages, different costs
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
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