Sports safety: should it be mandatory to report child protection & safeguarding concerns?

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Richard Bush

Partner
UK

I am an experienced and practically minded sports lawyer, working as a partner in our Media, Entertainment & Sports Group in London.

Child safeguarding reviews in sport have consistently shown that failures in reporting have had serious consequences. If concerns are not reported, and appropriate action not taken, the system is fundamentally undermined. In a recent article published on LawInSport, Richard Bush explores the approach of requiring mandatory child protection and safeguarding in sport.

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