News & Events
News & Events
Head of Sports Group at Outer Temple Chambers, Louis Weston, leading Charlotte Davison of the BHA, prosecuted, under the Rules of Racing, Jockey Dylan Kitts, Trainer Chris Honour, and an associate of the horse’s owner John Higgins on allegations of corrupt practice and misleading the Stewards. During a recent hearing, the BHA brought charges relating to alleged misconduct in the running and riding of a horse named Hillsin. The allegations included that connections conspired to prevent Hillsin from achieving its best possible placing, conduct that would amount to a serious breach of the sport’s integrity standards. The individuals involved included Dylan Kitts, John Higgins and Chris Honour. The Judicial Panel considered detailed evidence, including telephone data and multiple interviews…
News 26 Nov, 2025
Louis Weston joined a line up of experts at the ‘Safeguarding Sport in Mexico – Focus on Tackling Competition Manipulation’ Conference on 26th and 27th August 2025 in Mexico. If not properly addressed, the manipulation of sports competitions and corruption in sport represent a global threat to the integrity, credibility, and fairness of sport. These phenomena can affect any discipline, country, or level of play, and have been increasingly exploited by organized criminal networks. This event, organised by UNODC in Mexico, with the support of IOC and FIFA, focused on supporting efforts aimed at protecting the 2026 FIFA World Cup from competition manipulation. The two-day workshop trained law enforcement and prosecutors, anti-corruption institutions, sports and educational organisations, develop a legal…
News 28 Aug, 2025
Oliver Lawrence has been published in LawInSport in an article titled ‘What athletes need to know about sports betting and anti-corruption rules’. Oliver Lawrence has written an article for LawInSport titled ‘What athletes need to know about sports betting and anti-corruption rules’, published on Tuesday 22nd July 2025. It might be thought that the job of an athlete is difficult but simple: try to win and don’t cheat. If only things were that straightforward. In recent years, governing bodies have enforced the full extent of their codes of conduct to try to root out corruption and ensure fair play. Match-fixing is the headline example, for which severe punishments have been handed out. But there are other possible infringements of anti-corruption…
External Publications, News 23 Jul, 2025
Louis Weston delivered a webinar session on ‘Drafting Effective Safeguarding Policies’ to Sport Resolutions, as part of their Sport Case Management Programme on Thursday 10th July 2025. The webinar focused on policies to help all participating National Governing Bodies (NGBs) strengthen their safeguarding frameworks. The session covered the common challenges in drafting safeguarding policies and subsequent disciplinary processes, and provided clear, practical guidance for creating a procedure that is both legally robust and operationally effective. The webinar session also highlighted the safeguarding process from end-to-end, from referral to hearing, providing tips and suggestions to create a seamless and effective framework to assist NGBs to manage and progress cases. Key Topics Covered included: Policy vs Procedure: Getting the Balance Right –…
News 14 Jul, 2025
We are delighted to announce that our Head of Sports Law, Louis Weston, has been appointed to the Independent Ethics Board (IEB) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as an Independent UK Board Member. WADA is an international independent agency composed and funded by the Sports Movement and governments of the world. In 2021, WADA approved a Code of Ethics, recognising the importance of ensuring these high standards and establishing clear ethical standards over the activities of WADA Officials (as defined in the WADA Code of Ethics). These reforms included the creation of an Independent Ethics Board (IEB). Louis Weston has specialised in Sports Law for over 15 years and has appeared in many of the leading cases in the…
News 3 Jun, 2025
Sarah Crowther KC has been appointed as one of the 14 members of England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP). We are delighted to announce that Sarah Crowther KC has been appointed as a member of England and Wales Cricket Board’s Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP), effective from 1 April 2025. The Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP) will take over from the current Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC). The CDP is an independent tribunal which will hear and adjudicate on cases of alleged regulatory breaches in professional cricket, and decide what sanctions are appropriate for any breaches that are found to have occurred. It’s function will be to consider cases brought before it by the Cricket Regulator, the body responsible…
News 2 Apr, 2025
James Counsell KC has been appointed as Disciplinary Panel Chair of the world famous Marylebone Cricket Club, owners of Lord’s. We are delighted to announce that regulatory and disciplinary expert James Counsell KC has been appointed as Disciplinary Panel Chair to the world famous club, for an initial three-year term starting on 1 April 2025. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is the world’s most active cricket club, the owner of Lord’s Ground and the guardian of the Laws of the game. With over 18,000 Full and 6,000 Associate Members, the club is governed by members through various committees. The Club invests around £2 million in the game each year, supporting individuals, co-ordinating over 500 matches, and promoting the Laws and Spirit of…
News 25 Mar, 2025
Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2025 have today launched their 2025 Guide and we are delighted to share the highlights from this year’s rankings, including two Band 1 awards for our Pensions Law team and Travel Law team. We are delighted to share the news that Outer Temple Chambers has yet again been awarded 9 set rankings in the 2025 Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide and over 110 individual rankings. In what is our best set of rankings ever, our individual rankings see 12 new entries and 16 elevations, whilst we are delighted with two new Band 1 set rankings. A huge congratulations to all of our barristers and clerks for another year of excellent results. A particular thank…
News 17 Oct, 2024
The Legal 500 2025 rankings have just been announced and Outer Temple Chambers is delighted with another year of excellent results including a Tier 1 Pensions ranking We are proud to announce that we have been recognised as a Top Tier Set in Crypto & Blockchain Assets again, as well as achieving a Top Tier Set ranking in Pensions. These Tier 1 rankings mean we are now ranked for excellence in nine practice area rankings with 73 individual members ranked across 27 practice areas. A huge congratulations to all of our barristers and clerks within these teams for another year of excellent results. A particular thank you to all our clients and colleagues for taking the time to provide references.…
News 2 Oct, 2024
Outer Temple’s sports law specialist, Louis Weston, has recently collaborated with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and leading experts to write this guide on the prosecutions of competition manipulation in sport. Louis, UNODC, IOC and leading experts from the sporting world and law enforcement, worked together to produce this guide in response to the growing scale and sophistication of competition manipulation and the efforts of UNODC and IOC to combat that threat. The guide considers the challenges associated with the prosecution of such cases and sets out a recommended framework for effective action to practically prepare the prosecution of such cases and is targeted at those engaged in the broader effort to…
News 8 Feb, 2024
Louis Weston and Samuel Cuthbert will be speaking at the Ankura Sports Governance, Compliance and Investigations Conference on Thursday, 25th January at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. Louis Weston and Samuel Cuthbert will be speaking along other experts at the second annual Sports Governance, Compliance and Investigations Conference on Thursday, 25th January 2024 at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Conference will involve discussions on a number of topics including: Compliance in Sports Financial Regulations in Sport Next Steps on Sports Integrity Having Created Your Enterprise Risk Register, What Next? Managing Safeguarding Risk Multi-Sport Ownership and the Investment Landscape Louis Weston of Outer Temple Chambers will be speaking alongside Jason Van’t Hof of US Integrity, Affy Sheikh of Starlizard…
News 5 Jan, 2024
On Thursday 21st of September, Outer Temple’s Sports Law Team and industry experts, including David Winnie, spoke at the Regulation in Football Seminar. The recording is now available. Hosted at Outer Temple Chambers, our Sports Team members’ Sarah Crowther KC, Louis Weston and Samuel Cuthbert were joined by David Winnie of Burlingtons LLP, Lloyd Thomas of Brighton & Hove Albion and Daniel McDonagh of Charles Russell Speechlys LLP for an evening of discussions on regulation in football. Topics included the FIFA Football Agent Regulations, the Bosman Ruling, central regulation in football, multi-club ownership models, and the uses and pitfalls of Rule K. Watch part 1 – Q&A session with Sam Cuthbert and David Winnie. Sam asked David about regulation during his time as professional player and his reflections…
Webinars & Recordings 24 Oct, 2023
