Challenging Sports Governing Bodies

Challenging Sports Governing Bodies covers the decision to challenge the actions of a sports governing body and considers the causes of action that form a basis for them.

This title refers to this important area of practice that more company, commercial and regulatory practitioners are venturing in to.

The text is encyclopaedic in nature and practice based providing a practical analysis of key issues for practitioners. Footnotes are used to identify the leading cases for propositions in the main text and to help with finding similar and relevant cases.

To ensure this work is comprehensive in its subject matter there is a short section on Remedies focusing on internal appeal routes and arbitration.

Table Of Contents

Part A:The Decision to Challenge the Actions of a Sports Governing Body
Chapter 1: Sports governing bodies
Chapter 2: The actions of sports governing bodies
Chapter 3: Identification of cause of action and respondent
Chapter 4: Choice of forum for the challenge
Chapter 5: Public or private?
Chapter 6: The varying degrees of review

Part B: Causes of Action that Form a Basis for a Challenge to the Actions of a Sports Governing Body
Chapter 1: Grounds for review arising out of control of the sport
Chapter 2: Contract
Chapter 3: Tort
Chapter 4: Common law restraint of trade
Chapter 5: EU and domestic competitive law
Chapter 6: The EU free movement rules

Part C: Remedies and Procedure in the Courts on a Challenge to the Actions of a Sports Governing Body