Kategorija: Sports Law
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Football club licensing 2021 review
Football club licensing in 2021 in Latvia offered some unexpected turns. Latvian football expansion Virslīga, the Latvian Higher League, in 2020 contained 10 teams. For two seasons in row the league attempted expansion. Compared to 2019, the league had expanded by one team (nine teams finished the season in 2019). similar trend as a year…
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Terminating a sports employment contract in Latvia
In Latvia, in the sports industry an employment contract can be terminated by either the club (the employer) or the athlete / a coach (the employee), but certain procedures must be followed. Most often, a mutual termination agreement is signed due to the procedural requirements and their complexity for a termination by one party. Termination…
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Employment disputes in sports arbitration: comparing Latvia and Lithuania
In the Sports Law all and any disputes are often subject to “specialised dispute resolution bodies” and different arbitrations. Sports organizations usually do not distinguish employment or labor disputes from the other disputes that might arise. There have been discussions as to the principle, and different countries have their own rules for this. National jurisdictions…
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Consumer Law applies to sports agents
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia made a ruling, in the capacity of cassation instance, on the contract of an athlete (signed by the parents) with a “sports development agency”. The first round at the Supreme court was reviewed in 2020. This article will cover the judgment of 2020, which has been made…
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Sports employment contract termination and trade unions
The Latvian Labor Law has a very specific rule that a trade union must be involved if its member (a coach, an athlete, or administrative personnel of a sports club) is being terminated from employment. Jugdment in case SKC-171/2022 On 06 October 2022 the Latvian Supreme Court Department of Civil Cases delivered a Judgment in…
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New Latvian government & Sports
The Latvian Elections of October 2022 produced slight changes to the composition of the parliament. So did the executive power had to change. As any new government, this one has also drafted its declaration, with a section for sports, too! What to expect in Sports politics The near future might hold changes for sports, but…
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PART 2: We wrap up our 2022
This year we at sportslaw.lv had also a more scientifically based content being published in a well-recognized Lawyer’s magazine in Latvia. On July 12, in the issue #28 of “Jurista Vārds” 2022 edition, was published an article covering the labour disputes in sports. We discussed the effect of Latvian employment law, the Arbitration Law and…
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We wrap up our 2022
In 2022 we have been publishing articles on the leading Latvian magazines. First of all, the monthly sports journal “Sporta Avīze” (which translates as “The Sports Newspaper”, which name was selected when the journal was still a weekly thing). Secondly, we were present also in the weekly journal for Latvian Lawyers – “Jurista Vārds” (translates…