Sport

At 2TG, our Sports Law team comprises specialist advocates who have extensive experience of acting for clients in high profile or sensitive matters across all major sports.

We have particular expertise in relation to football, rugby (union and league), motorsports (F1, MotoGP, motocross, Formula 3 and karting), cycling, equestrianism, cricket, skiing, gymnastics, martial arts, netball and tennis. Our clients include clubs, teams, match officials, governing bodies, event organisers, schools and many individual competitors.

Drawing on chambers’ established expertise in the complementary fields of commercial law, insurance, employment, property damage and personal injury, we provide a complete service to clients in complex sporting disputes.

Such disputes often give rise to arguments as to the interpretation and application of the rules and regulations of major sports governing bodies (e.g. FA, Premier League, IRB, RFU, FIA, MSA, ACU, ECB, LTA and UCI) as well as contractual and disciplinary disputes relating to a wide range of sports specific matters.

We are especially well-known for conducting investigations in relation to breaches of regulation, disciplinary issues or allegations of discrimination and bullying, many of which are highly publicised. These investigations can be for clubs, national governing bodies, individual athletes and coaches across a wide range of sports including rugby, cricket, motorsports, tennis, golf, gymnastics and football.

The rise of duty of care and negligence group litigation claims in Sport, against various regulatory and governing bodies, has seen the Sports team at 2TG instructed by World Rugby and the Football Association in relation to the disputes concerning head and contact injuries they claim were sustained while playing sport. These have allegedly resulted in advanced neurological and neurodegenerative disorders such as early onset dementia, epilepsy, Motor Neurones Disease and Parkinson’s. 

We are part of the Sport Resolutions UK Pro Bono Legal Service which is made up of lawyers willing to provide pro-bono legal advice and representation to athletes, coaches, team officials, and other individuals appearing before Sport Resolutions and other sport specific tribunals. Our members regularly speak and publish articles on Sports Law topics and work closely with LawInSport, an educational media business which provides expert commentary and analysis on the latest legal issues and developments in sport.

There are a number of Direct Access qualified barristers in the team who will accept instructions in appropriate cases without requiring solicitor involvement.

Several of our barristers are individually ranked in the most recent editions of Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners in recognition of their industry knowledge.

For more information, contact our clerks on:

+44 (0)20 7822 1200
or click here to email.

Sport Barristers

Martin Porter KC

Call 1986 | Silk 2006

Benjamin Browne KC

Call 1976 | Silk 1996

Howard Palmer KC

Call 1977 | Silk 1999

Rehana Azib KC

Call 2003 | Silk 2022

Harry Trusted

Call 1985

Roger Harris

Call 1996

Jack Harris

Call 2006

Steven Flynn

Call 2006

William Clerk

Call 2012

Emily Albou

Call 2014

Alex Ivory

Call 2021

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