Overview

Football is the biggest game in the world and the richest. This has contributed to the growth of legal issues and disputes in football and to an increasingly specialised legal services market in football. Since 2002, approximately half of all sports disputes before the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) have been in football. Football and the Law provided the first comprehensive review of the law relating to all aspects of football in the world, including all the main regulatory and commercial aspects of the sport. With contributions from 67 of the leading experts in the field, it is a valuable resource to lawyers and others active in the football industry, as well as a vital source of material to students, legal practitioners and others who wish to learn more about the area. The work includes reference to the key legal principles, cases and regulatory materials relevant to football. The key developments for the 2nd Edition include: - Refiguration of European football/ ESL breakaway / new international structures - Independent regulation of football - Impact of Brexit Safeguarding – child abuse in football - Growth of racism and regulatory responses - FIFA banning ‘bridge loans’ (relevant to third party ownership) - FIFA’s new plans to regulates agents and cap fees - Emergence of salary caps in football and legal challenges to them - Various high profile Financial Fair Play cases Class action in football re head injuries - Challenges to Owners and Directors test – calls for independent regulator - New chapter covering developments in CAS cases This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Sports Law online service.

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This book will not only be of great value to students, junior lawyers and those wishing to development a legal or commercial career in football, but also those who are well established lawyers, executives, agents and professionals working within football who will find the analysis and practical guidance in the book useful helpful reminder or as a cause for reflection on current practices and structures -- Sean Cottrell, CEO LawInSport It should not only form a part of every sports lawyer's library but will also be of great use to governing bodies, football clubs, players' representatives and the sport's financial partners -- Adam Lewis QC In an ever changing litigious world this is a must read for all players, spectators and administrators to keep ahead of the game! -- Gordon Taylor OBE, Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association and former professional football player A must-read for those working in the industry and curious fans -- Matt Hughes, deputy football correspondent, The Times A one-stop-shop of expert commentary and analysis of the highest quality in all of the key areas -- Howard Wilkinson, Chairman of the League Managers Association A must have resource for anyone in the football business -- Jonathan Barnett, leading football agent and Chairman of ICM Stellar Sports This book makes out a strong case for the existence of a body of 'football law' justifying a work dedicated to the subject. By its expert, detailed and wide-ranging coverage of the relevant legal issues, it represents the fine execution of an excellent idea -- The Rt. Hon. Sir Stephen Richards, Former Lord Justice of Appeal

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Nick De Marco KC of Blackstone Chambers is ranked as one of the leading sports law barristers and the foremost practitioner in football disputes. As well as acting for international and national federations, premier league and international football clubs, players, athletes and their unions, Nick sits as an arbitrator across a number of sports: he is a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Commission, Sports Resolutions’ independent Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators and the specialist sports list of arbitrators at the Asian International Arbitration Centre. Legal 500 (2022) said Nick: “has the best working knowledge of the football regulatory landscape of the barristers at the Bar”. Nick is a member of the Editorial Board of Law In Sport and of ‘Football Legal’ and he writes and lectures on sports law issues. He is co-author of ‘Challenging Sports Governing Bodies’ (Bloomsbury, 2016) the author and General Editor of the first edition of ‘Football and the Law’ (Bloomsbury, 2018) and he hosts ‘The Sports Law Podcast’ (in association with Blackstone Chambers). He is a director of the British Association for Sport and the Law (BASL).

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