Monday, 14 November 2022
By Tom Mountford
In less than a week, Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA Planet Cup. As English and Welsh football fans put together to journey to Qatar to support their group, the British isles Government is failing to give LGBT+ admirers distinct suggestions no matter if it is risk-free for them to vacation to Qatar. The Government’s mixed messages go away LGBT+ football lovers at threat and may well expose the Governing administration to legal liability.
This report discusses several suggestions that the British isles Government has printed or provided LGBT+ supporters about their basic safety in travelling to Qatar for the FIFA Entire world Cup 2022 and considers how the advice offered might give rise to legal responsibility on the section of the Uk Govt.
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Tom Mountford
Tom is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers. He is ranked as a main junior in the fields of sports law, global human rights, commercial litigation and work legislation in the newest editions of the independent directories Chambers Uk and Legal 500. He has intensive working experience of a broad range of sporting disputes, like civil and professional litigation regarding sports regulation, company and industrial disputes, levels of competition law in sport, the vicarious liability of sporting bodies and anti-doping and disciplinary proceedings prior to sporting activities governing bodies and anti-doping panels. He has individual expertise in sports activities ethics disputes. Tom often presents talks on topics of existing curiosity in the industry of sports activities legislation. He is a contributor to the Blackstone Chambers Athletics Law Blog.
Tom formerly served as the Legal Secretary to the Ethics Fee of Globe Athletics (IAAF), he acted in the prosperous problem in the European Court of Human Rights to the criminalisation of homosexuality in Northern Cyprus (main to legislative repeal) and is a member of the Litigation Committee of the Human Dignity Believe in (a lawful organisation seeking the decriminalisation of LGBT people today globally).
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