Sports Law

Pritesh’s practice includes sports law. His experience includes advising on disputes between athletes and their governing bodies and personal injury and/or clinical negligence cases arising out of sporting injuries.  He is a member of Sports Resolution’s pro bono panel of lawyers.

Pritesh was formerly a Lawn Tennis Association qualified Tennis Chair and Line Umpire (Grade U3/L4)

Selected Cases

  • Advising a Wheelchair Basketball player following her exclusion from the GB team for the Rio 2014 Paralympics.  Following Pritesh’s involvement, the selection exercise was declared void and a further selection exercise was held, where Pritesh’s client advanced to the next round of selection.
  • Advising a Paralympic archer in relation to the removal of his funding.
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“Pritesh is excellent with clients and responsive. He has great technical knowledge and attention to detail.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“Pritesh is extremely good with clients, especially in making sure that their concerns are heard.”

Legal 500 2023

“Pritesh is very persuasive and quick on his feet. He can make these comments that sweep the carpet from underneath the opponent.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

Appointments

  • Deputy District Judge (South Eastern Circuit)
  • Registered Pupil Supervisor (2014 – present)
  • Sport Resolutions pro bono panel
  • Bar Council Social Mobility Committee Member (2012-2015)
  • Secretary to South Eastern Circuit Minorities Committee (2009-2013)
  • South Eastern Circuit Committee Member (2009-2013)
  • Bar Council Training for the Bar Committee Member (2011-2012)
  • Clerk to the Bar Disciplinary Tribunals (2009-2012)
  • South Eastern Circuit Law School Liaison Officer (2009-2012)

Awards

  • Benefactors Scholarship (2005)
  • Blackstone Entrance Exhibition (2005)
  • Pump Court Tax Chambers Prize in Tax Law, King’s College, London (2005)
  • Graveson Prize in Conflict of Laws, King’s College, London (2005)

Education

  • BPP Law School, BVC (Very Competent), (2006)
  • King’s College London, LLB Hons (First Class), (2005)

Memberships

  • PIBA
  • PNBA

Publications

  • Contributor to the 1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review (QMLR)
  • Contributor to “Clinical Guidelines and the Law of Medical Negligence: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives”, published by Edward Elgar Publishing (2021).
  • Law Pod UK Ep. 48: ‘Clinical Guidelines in Clinical Negligence Cases.’

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