From the Bench to the Bench: Stakes, Sanctions and Statutes in Sport
Date: Friday 4th December 2026
Location: Distillery Building, Dublin 7
1.15pm | Registration & Networking Lunch
2pm | Welcome & Opening of Conference
SLBA Chair: David Sharpe SC
2.15pm | Panel 1 | The Odds are Changing: Gambling Law and the Integrity of Sport
Moderator:
Marguerite Kehoe BL
Darragh McGee
3pm | Tea & Coffee Break
3.30pm | Who Rules Sport? The CJEU and the Changing Legal Landscape of Sporting Regulation
Tim O' Connor BL
Rebekah Tutty BL
4.15pm| Panel 2 | Football on Trial: Who Really Controls the Beautiful Game?
Moderator:
Neal Horgan
Nick de Marco KC
Gareth Farrelly
5pm | Closing Remarks
Drinks Recption in the Sheds
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Additional Information
The Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland is an all-Ireland association of barristers and solicitors with specialist sports law knowledge and practices.
It aims to increase awareness of sports law and support barristers in providing the most up-to-date advice to sports law clients.
For further information, please visit www.slba.ie