Sport and Leisure

The sport and leisure industry, like many other industries, has witnessed a marked increase in litigation in recent years. The size and diversity of the modern sporting and entertainment industry has, perhaps unsurprisingly, given rise to a wide range of commercial disputes, often involving large sums of money and complex legal and factual issues.  This is precisely the type of litigation in which 7KBW specializes, and in which our Members have a wealth of experience, not only in the sporting and leisure industry itself but in many other areas of commercial life.

 
Members of Chambers have experience acting for individual sports men and women, professional sporting teams as well as sports regulatory bodies both in an advisory capacity and as advocates before arbitral tribunals and in the High Court.  Important recent cases include representing BAR in BAR v Jenson Button and Williams Racing to retain the services of Jenson Button for the 2005 Formula One season; acting for International Motorsport in a claim against Welsh Ministers in respect of the cancellation of the Welsh world motor rally; and representing the Rugby Football Union in the Queen’s Bench Division in a dispute with premiership clubs.

As the leading insurance and reinsurance Chambers in the UK, members of 7KBW also frequently act in contingency market insurance disputes involving sporting events, music, film, television and other entertainment industries.  We have also been involved in a variety of other industry-related disputes, such as copyright and trademark disputes and disciplinary proceedings against sportsmen and women.  For further details, please see the Sport and Entertainment page in the Practice Areas section of this website and the link to individual barristers’ profiles on that page.

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