The claimant entered into a contract with Wayne Rooney, then a child footballer to represent him. Mr Rooney entered into another contract with the defendant, and the claimant sought damages alleging unlawful interference or the procuring of a breach of contract.
Held: A player’s representative did not carry out a function essential to the child footballer earning his living, and the representation contract was not on a par with or analagous to a contract of employment or for an apprenticeship. The FA rules prohibited a contract in these circumstances, and the claimant could not assert that a contract existed to be interfered with.
Judges:
Judge Hodge, QC
Citations:
Times 13-Nov-2006, [2006] EWHC 2903 (Ch), [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 356, [2007] Bus LR 93, [2007] 1 All ER 542
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Doyle v White City Stadium Ltd CA 1934
A professional boxer, below the age for making a contract generally, was held to be bound by the terms of his licence from the British Boxing Board of Control, which allowed him to earn his living boxing but required him to keep the rules. It was . .
Cited – Greig v Insole 1978
The court was asked whether the Test and County Cricket Board had, by passing certain resolutions, induced cricketers with contracts with World Series Cricket Pty Ltd, the plaintiff, to break those contracts. The TCCB had acted in good faith and . .
Cited – Chaplin v Leslie Fewin (Publishers) Ltd 1966
The basis of a child being held to a contract is where the contract allows him to start to earn a living. . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Children, Torts – Other
Updated: 22 November 2022; Ref: scu.341770
