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FIFA publishes Football Tribunal Report 2025/2026 recording highest number of cases, applications and enquiries
FIFA has published its Football Tribunal Report 2025/2026, which records an all-time high of 22,417 cases, applications and enquiries received by its Disputes and Regulatory Applications Department between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026. Regulatory applications accounted for 18,590 matters, including 17,293 applications to register minors....
ICC recommends aligning rules of origin with updated tariff codes
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has published a policy paper recommending that customs administrations align rules of origin in free trade agreements with changes to the Harmonized System (HS), which classifies traded goods. The paper calls for tariff code references to be updated without changing negotiated origin requirements. It also...
Open justice set against risk of criminal prejudice (Various Claimants v Entain Plc)
Corporate Crime analysis: In Various Claimants v Entain Plc, the High Court considered whether expanded public access to documents under CPR PD 51ZH should be restricted where related criminal prosecutions were pending. Applying Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring [2019] UKSC 38, the Court granted a filing modification order (FMO) and confirmed...
Deprivation of liberty post-AGNI—purpose, relative normality and contentment (Lancashire CC v BM)
Local Government analysis: The Court of Protection held that BM, a 16-year-old with autism and severe learning disability, was not deprived of his liberty despite extensive restrictions within his residential placement. Applying AGNI’s multifactorial approach, the court emphasised the purpose and relative normality of the arrangements, together...
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