EVENTS IN 2026

UKAEL Webinar: “Sports Regulation and EU Law: New Developments” – 29 January 2026

Recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union had drawn renewed attention to the application of EU law to sports regulation. In the last couple of years, the Court had ruled on the effect of decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport under EU law (C-600/23 RFC Seraing SA v FIFA) and important aspects of the application of competition law and free movement of workers and services  (Case C-333/21 European Superleague Company, C‑650/22 Fédération internationale de football association (Diarra), C-124/21 International Skating Union,  C-680/21 Royal Antwerp Football Club). This webinar brought together a stellar panel to discuss the implications of this case law not only for specific policy fields but also for the overall functioning of the internal market and the autonomy of the EU legal order. With Marie Demetriou KC, Prof Stephen Weatherill and Dr Jan Zglinski presenting and Prof Paul Craig chairing, the event had over 20 attendees.