15 April 2011 | Simon Weinberg
The decision by the Olympic Park Legacy Company to recommend that West Ham be allowed to move into the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after the 2012 Olympics was controversial enough.
Now, Tottenham Hotspur...
Tags on this discussion: 2012 Games 2012 Olympic Games EU EU law European Union European Union law football judicial review Olympic Olympic Games Olympic Park Legacy Olympics Premier League Soccer
15 February 2011 | Shimon Shaw
I have a confession to make.
I don’t act for any sports leagues. That’s not to say I wouldn’t be interested, if someone from the FA, for example, reads this.
However, I know that stories...
Tags on this discussion: football HMRC tax Taxation VAT
21 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Etihad Airways – the Abu Dhabi airline – was a sponsor of the Force India Formula One racing team when the team had been called Stryker. The team had a further investor which owned the Kingfisher beer...
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21 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Serious Fraud Office has announced that it is no long continuing its criminal investigation into suspected fraud by Sports Direct and JJB Sports relating to an alleged price fixing cartel. However,...
Tags on this discussion: anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 cartel Chapter I Prohibition Competition Act Enterprise Act Enterprise Act 2002 fine illegal Office of Fair Trading OFT price price fixing Serious Fraud Office SFO unlawful
18 October 2010 | Shimon Shaw
Anyone sending in their 2009/10 Self Assessment return on paper has just a few days left to file their return by the 31 October paper-filing deadline.
If you miss the deadline it could be costly, as...
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12 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick
Van der Garde was a racing driver. Under an agreement, he had paid Force India US$3m to test drive their car in the 2007 Grand Prix season for a minimum of 6,000 kilometres. Subject to holding a valid...
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23 July 2010 | Mark Weston
Wayne Rooney had assigned his image rights to S, to act on his behalf with negotiating sponsorship deals. P agreed with S whereby P would act on behalf of S for exploiting some those rights. The agreement...
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