• Trans people and the law
• Equality Act 2010 Section 7
• Gender recognition act 2004
o section 22(1), (8)
o section 19
• IOC 2015 policy on trans athletes
• the new IOC framework
• Racial Abuse
• Section 3 football offences act 1991
• section 17 to 19 Public Order Act 1986
• Disability
• Equality Act 2010
• PGA Tour Inc v Martin 532 US 661 (2001)
• Pistorious v IAAF CAS 2008
• Leeper v World Athletics CAS 2020
• Gutieriez v Newcastle United FC [2016]
Large Group Session 7 – Child Protection in Sport
• children in sport is positive thing in general
• Physical abuse-overtraining, training with Andrew, eating disorders, over
pushing
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, • Barry bennel case
o football coach
o accused of abusing Andy Woodward sexually
o other footballers came forward with accusations that BB
sexually abused them
o BB was junior coach and child scout
o had reputation of being best youth coach
o BB ran summer camps in the UK and football camps in the US
o BB found guilty with 43 charges of historical child sexual abuse
o BB promised them great careers
o BB first charged in the US by British 13 year old boy - was
convicted and sentenced to prison in the US
o once released from US prison, UK police arrested him in 1998
o third conviction and imprisonment
• DSN v Blackpool
o Frank Roper (football scout) convicted of sexual abuse by
vicarious liability
o BFC found vicarious reliable initially
o Court of Appeal reversed it
o FR was found guilty
• Larry Nasser
o Doctor accused of sexually abusing young girls
o over 100 testified against them convicted and imprisoned for
100 plus years
• after US cases, UK sport did sport wide checks and investigations of any
abuse in any and all sport
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• Equality Act 2010 Section 7
• Gender recognition act 2004
o section 22(1), (8)
o section 19
• IOC 2015 policy on trans athletes
• the new IOC framework
• Racial Abuse
• Section 3 football offences act 1991
• section 17 to 19 Public Order Act 1986
• Disability
• Equality Act 2010
• PGA Tour Inc v Martin 532 US 661 (2001)
• Pistorious v IAAF CAS 2008
• Leeper v World Athletics CAS 2020
• Gutieriez v Newcastle United FC [2016]
Large Group Session 7 – Child Protection in Sport
• children in sport is positive thing in general
• Physical abuse-overtraining, training with Andrew, eating disorders, over
pushing
42
, • Barry bennel case
o football coach
o accused of abusing Andy Woodward sexually
o other footballers came forward with accusations that BB
sexually abused them
o BB was junior coach and child scout
o had reputation of being best youth coach
o BB ran summer camps in the UK and football camps in the US
o BB found guilty with 43 charges of historical child sexual abuse
o BB promised them great careers
o BB first charged in the US by British 13 year old boy - was
convicted and sentenced to prison in the US
o once released from US prison, UK police arrested him in 1998
o third conviction and imprisonment
• DSN v Blackpool
o Frank Roper (football scout) convicted of sexual abuse by
vicarious liability
o BFC found vicarious reliable initially
o Court of Appeal reversed it
o FR was found guilty
• Larry Nasser
o Doctor accused of sexually abusing young girls
o over 100 testified against them convicted and imprisoned for
100 plus years
• after US cases, UK sport did sport wide checks and investigations of any
abuse in any and all sport
43
