Legal
Kieran Holmes-Darby and Excel Esports reach settlement over unfair dismissal claim
Update (October 12th 2022): The planned employment tribunal hearing did not take place this week, as Kieran Holmes-Darby […]
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October 12, 2022
Social media manager Fosty threatens accusers with legal action after being released from Excel Esports: ‘I believe that several court cases are just what is needed to sort it all out’
Disgraced esports social media manager Fosty (aka Aleksa) has threatened those who published his messages online with legal […]
August 11, 2022
What are the legalities around the Faker lawsuit? We asked UK barrister Nick Williams about laws around malicious comments and the differences between Korean and UK law
Image source: Inven Global A Korean law firm has filed a lawsuit on behalf of T1 pro player […]
July 20, 2022
Morgan Sports Law launches DotX Talent, a new esports and gaming talent management agency for pro players, casters and streamers
UK-based legal business Morgan Sports Law DotX Talent, a new esports and gaming talent management business. This brings […]
January 25, 2022
Opinion: World of Warcraft is tainted. Let it be – let it put you off playing it, let it act as a reminder of Activision Blizzard’s abhorrent behaviour. If that’s what it’s going to take to start eliminating sexual harassment from this industry, then so be it
Esports News UK editor Dom Sacco pens some thoughts from the heart following the news that the California […]
July 22, 2021
Frazier Kay to sue Coffeezilla over Save the Kids crypto investigation
The legal representatives of Frazier Kay (pictured left), the British content creator that was recently booted out of […]
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July 14, 2021
‘I’m excited to speak to my lawyers’ – spat between British content creators NitroLukeDX and former CoD Ghost voice actor Jeff Leach gets ugly
UPDATES: Facebook Gaming has terminated its partner status contracts with both Jeff Leach and NitroLukeDX (May 13th) following […]
May 10, 2021
First person in UK to receive an esports scholarship from Roehampton University is a high elo League of Legends player
Last year the University of Roehampton began offering esports scholarships – the first of their kind in the […]
January 16, 2019
Jagex fires member of Old School RuneScape team for 'gross misuse' of moderator privileges, is working with the police
British game developer Jagex has announced it’s sacked a member of the Old School RuneScape team for attempting […]
September 25, 2018
‘You will regret every single word’ – org owner threatens to sue UK CSGO team
The founder of a CSGO organisation has threatened to sue some UK CSGO players. Andrei Costin “Raso” Macovei, […]
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April 5, 2017
UK eSports organisations introduce legally binding player contracts and salaries
UK eSports organisations Choke Gaming and ManaLight have introduced contracts for their League of Legends players, with the latter […]
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January 28, 2016