Jonathan Crystal

Year of Call

1972

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Areas of Practice

Commercial and Common Law
Media and Sport
Public and Regulatory Law

Profile

Jonathan Crystal is an experienced sports lawyer advising many prominent names in sport. He also practises in business, media and entertainment law and is admitted to practise in Trinidad.

His sport advisory work includes: (cricket) Brian Lara, (boxing) Prince Naseem Hamed, Amir Khan, Audley Harrison, Frank Warren, Sports Network (athletics) Dwain Chambers, (racing) Frankie Dettori, (golf) Seve Ballesteros, (football) Rafa Benitez, Sam Allardyce, Graeme Souness, Gary Megson, Kevin Blackwell. Numerous football agents. Drafting work includes broadcast contracts (HBO, BBC, Sport Five), rules (Premier League and Football League), players/managers contracts and commercial agreements (for example sponsorship agreement for 2007 ICC World Cup Cricket). Prominent matters include: Contract: Duffy v Newcastle United, Don King v Frank Warren, Stransky v Bristol RFU, Lichtenstein v CAM. Regulatory: Chambers v. BOA, Quest Inquiry, FL v Chesterfield, OFCOM v DTPC. Injury: McCord v Swansea, Watson and Bradford v Gray and Huddersfield, Hinchcliffe v BSMA. Media and Entertainment: Branson and Virgin Atlantic v BA, Jason Donovan v The Face, Rantzen v MGN, Sarfraz Nawaz v MGN and Lamb, Fowler and McManaman v News Group, Pennant and Bowers v Guy Ritchie, Shahid Malik MP v. Newspost and Ors, Lancaster and Coghlan v. Rossi and Parfitt (Status Quo), Heather Mills McCartney v. ANL and News Group. Others: Ron Jones v Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Anthony Shaffer (deceased), Merseytravel Tram Inquiry, Marco Pierre White v. Withers and Marcus Dearle.