The Government has confirmed that the extension of IR35 to medium and large companies in the private sector will be postponed by a year, to 6 April 2021, due to the uncertainty surrounding businesses as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. (more…)
From 6 April 2020, information which must be given to employees and workers is changing (following the publication of the Good Work Plan in December 2018). (more…)
Further to our recent update on the upcoming changes to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (“RSTP”), the FIFA Stakeholders Committee met last week (27 February 2020) and agreed further proposals for the reform of the transfer system. A copy of the FIFA press release can be found here. (more…)
From 6 April 2020, if a company uses an individual / a contractor (usually through a personal service company (“PSC”)) who provides services to a company then the onus will be on the company to assess whether an individual working through a PSC would have been regarded as an employee if they were engaged directly by the company (i.e. the fee payer) and not through a PSC. If, after an assessment, the answer is YES then it will usually be the company who will be obliged to deduct and account for income tax and NICs on the monies that it pays to the PSC (IR35 will be applicable). (more…)
Despite their facts relating to different industries, two recent Court of Appeal judgment have direct relevance to the fiduciary duties that football intermediaries owe to their clients (whether they be clubs and/or players) and provide helpful guidance relating to issues that are commonly encountered in disputes between intermediaries and clubs/players.
Interest in women’s football has grown steadily in recent years. Increased media and broadcast coverage is helping to attract a burgeoning fan base, higher attendances at matches and increased commercial opportunities for many clubs which operate a women’s team in English football.
The 2018/2019 season marks a new era for women’s football in England with ‘The FA Women’s Super League’ (‘WSL’) now operating on a professional basis with WSL clubs required to employ their players on full-time professional contracts.
Tennis stands out from many other sports in attracting comparable levels of public interest across both the men’s and the women’s game. However, the progression of women’s tennis has been somewhat hindered by a delay in the evolution and modernisation of its administrative rules and regulations. By way of example, it was not until 2007 that women became entitled to equal prize money across all four grand slams. Even now, there are examples of inconsistencies between the men’s and women’s games – prize money is only equal at the four grand slams and over a decade later, there remains a significant gender gap in earnings from the sport. Similarly, in 2018, the French player Alize Cornet was penalised at the US Open for briefly taking her shirt off on court as she had accidently put it on back to front, whilst men suffer no penalty for changing their shirts on court in between breaks.
Centrefield is proud to announce the inaugural publication of Sports Law from Getting the Deal Through along with lead co-editors Laffer Abagados of Spain. Together the firms have led the development and structure of this new publication, which brings together industry insight from many of the world’s leading sports lawyers.
Getting The Deal Through is is the original Q&A reference source of comparative law and regulation, providing international expert analysis in key areas of law covering 130 countries across 90 practice areas and industry sectors with a global coverage. The Sports Law publication is the first sports-specific industry guide within the Getting the Deal Through series and includes know-how from industry experts across 13 jurisdictions throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, as well as an analysis of the Court of Arbitration for Sport – currently the primary forum for resolving sporting disputes globally.