Jonathon joined Morgan Sports Law in January 2025 as a Paralegal, following a successful internship at the firm in late 2024.
Jonathon assists across the firm’s various practice areas and provides support in a wide range of sports-related disputes with a particular focus on football matters. A keen runner with a passion for all sport, Jonathon closely follows the latest developments in the world of sports law and regularly contributes to articles which explore these trends.
Jonathon has a degree in History from St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford (2024).
With the new Formula One (“F1”) season well underway, another year of intense competition is unfolding between star drivers and storied teams as they contend for the World Championship. This article will summarise the high-profile disputes to look out for over rest of the year.
This article will consider the America’s Cup litigious history, the workings of its Arbitration Panel, and some of the recent matters which have (and may yet) come before it.
Third Party Ownership of players’ economic rights (“TPO”) has long been a controversial issue in football and has been prohibited by FIFA since 2015. Ten years on, the legal challenge to FIFA’s TPO rules has finally reached the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) and, following the Advocate General’s opinion of 16 January 2025, the case looks set to transform the system of international sports arbitration as we know it.