Unfair dismissal law changes 2025: Legal implications for elite football clubs and players
On 18 December 2025, the Employment Rights Bill was officially passed, becoming the Employment Rights Act 2025. The Government succeeded…
Sports
Legal remedies for sacked football managers
Fired before full-time
The average tenure of managers in the football league is 1.53 years. Job security for professional football…
Is PGA v LIV sport’s next big dispute?
For even most non-golfers, the name of the PGA Tour would likely resonate with the masses as the leading golf…
The legal landscape of stadium development
UK Sports law and commercial property
With the recent completion of Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium (now known as the Hill…
Allegations involving discrimination and misconduct in sport
Unfortunately, acts of discrimination and issues involving discrimination still arise in the world of sport, and when they do the consequences can be far…
Director disqualification in a football club
Director disqualification in football: What Reading FC tells us about governance in sport
Reading FC’s recent turmoil offers a timely…
The Football Governance Bill – major changes proposed by the UK government
An important development in the progress of the Football Governance Bill was announced overnight and this morning with the UK…
Ben Millward
About Ben
I am a Senior associate solicitor in our Commercial dispute resolution team, as well as being the co-head…