S&W The Pulse

In this episode Mo Pasricha joins us from Mackrell Solicitors, covering legal matters sports professionals should consider when signing contracts, such as clauses; clear terms, bonuses, endorsements and boot deals. Plus discussing driving offences. [2.31] Contractual matters Things tend to go wrong quite quickly when players have signed contracts which essentially have not been reviewed by legal or a tax adviser. Importance of signing up a contract correctly predominantly comes from the fact English law doesn’t allow you to set up a contract verbally. You may agree with your agent or your club and that may not be in the contract that you end up signing, or you thought that was in the contract you were signing.Importance of having someone from legal or financial background looking at the contract comes down to a few principals in English law that are worthwhile setting out at the beginning:any contractual agreement should be used in the natural and ordinary meaning: it must be in clear laymen’s termsEntire agr