Martin Budworth

Practice:

Sports
General Commercial, Contract, Sale of Goods
Employment
Professional Negligence
Company

Profile:

Martin practises in all aspects of commercial litigation.
He also specialises in employment law.
He has a particular interest in sports law and litigation and is an appointed arbitrator to the UK Sports Dispute Resolution Panel.
Martin has sat as Chairman of the FA Appeal Board.

Significant / Reported Cases:

Landis & Gyr Ltd v Scaleo Chip ET [2007]EWHCB3 Lawtel 24/7/07

R v the Advertising Standards Authority, ex parte Debt Free Direct Ltd [2007]EWHC(Admin) 1337

Gover and others v Property Care Ltd - Times Law Reports 1/5/06 (Court of Appeal) (2006) ICR1073 [2006]4AllER69

Lavelle v Lavelle Times Law Reports 9/3/04 (Court of Appeal)

Parker v Snyder & ors. Lawtel 1/4/03 (Court of Appeal)

Blackburn Rovers FC v Huddersfield FC – acting for the Premiership club on a dispute over transfer agreement.

Mark Foster v Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain (2004) (Sports Dispute Resolution Panel) - Olympics Selection Appeal

Jonny Wilkinson - advising the rugby player on an image rights dispute

Jay Jay Okocha - acting for the footballer in High Court claim brought by agent

Curtis Woodhouse v Birmingham City Football Club [2004] (Before the Board of the Premier League)

Danny Granville v Manchester City Football Club plc [2003] (Football League Appeals Committee)

TNS FC v Welsh FA - refusal of promotion / restraint of trade

Gino Padula v QPR - contract dispute

Recommendations:

Legal 500 2008:
"is ahead of his call and taking more complex cases"

Legal 500 2007:
"is fulfilling early promise and 'very good value'"

Recommended in the Legal 500 2006

Memberships:

Bar Sports Law Group
UK Sports Dispute Resolution Panel
Northern Chancery Bar Association
British Association for Sport and the Law
Northern and North Eastern Circuit

Panels:
Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel)