Football fans everywhere will be familiar with reckless tackles, whether from their own Sunday league experience or as followers of the professional game. But when will a tackle amount to negligence and be actionable in a civil court, such that an injured player can sue their opponent?
In Episode 197 of Law Pod UK, 1COR members Jo Moore and Nicholas Jones join Lucy McCann to discuss how the law of personal injury applies to football.
Here are the full citations of cases discussed in the episode:
- Caldwell v Maguire [2001] EWCA Civ 1054
- Wooldridge v Sumner [1963] 2 QB 43
- Sharpe v Highland and Islands Fire Board 2008 S.C.L.R. 526
- Condon v Basi [1985] 1 WLR 866
- Czernuszka v King [2023] EWHC 380 (KB)
- Kerr v Willis [2009] EWCA Civ 1248
- Fulham v Jones [2022] EWHC 1108 (QB)
- McCord v Swansea Football Club and another [1996] 12 WLUK 409
