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What is fair & what is legal when it comes to trans inclusion in elite women’s sports? Naomi Cunningham & Fiona McAnena weigh up the law & the latest guidance
07 April 2023 / Naomi Cunningham / Fiona McAnena
Trans participation in rugby: an unlawful exclusion? Premium Content
For LGBT+ History Month, Michael Walker & Nadjia Zychowicz explore the legality of the Rugby Football Union’s ban on transgender women competing in female-only forms of their games
24 February 2023 / Michael Walker / Nadjia Zychowicz
NLJ this week: Pitch invaders who interrupt play should beware of the law
In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at trespass on the field of play. It’s just not cricket! 
07 October 2022
NLJ: Tackling sports abuse
There has been a rise in disclosures of historic abuse in sport. Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Mayor and Alastair Gillespie, look into what can be done about this shocking issue
11 March 2022
Abuse in sport—the tip of the iceberg? Premium Content
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie look at the potential for litigation arising from the sportsfield, amid a spate of allegations
11 March 2022 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
NLJ this week: Tackling abuse in football, rugby and other sport
There has been a rise in disclosures of historic abuse in sport. Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Mayor and Alastair Gillespie, look into what can be done about this shocking issue
10 March 2022
Safeguarding & duty of care in sport: an own goal? Premium Content
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie discuss the breadth of the liability net for claims regarding safeguarding & duty of care in sport
07 October 2021 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
Sports law & governance: widening the net? Premium Content
When problems crop up in the sporting world, its governing bodies can no longer rely on lack of knowledge, say David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie
23 July 2021 / David Mayor / Alastair Gillespie
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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
Are you suited to a career in prosecution?
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
LSB marks Mazur homework
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
NLJ this week: The legal aid pioneer who changed the profession
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
NLJ this week: When AI hallucinates, lawyers risk real-world sanctions
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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