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Monckton Chambers is pleased to announce that Ian Rogers KC has been appointed to the Expert Panel of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR).
The Football Governance Act 2025 establishes an internal review function as an important part of the IFR regime. It provides clubs, owners and other persons directly affected by specified IFR decisions with the opportunity to request a review of those decisions by a panel of decision-makers who were not involved in the original decision. It offers a quicker and less costly route for persons seeking to challenge a decision of the IFR, without the need to incur the costs and follow the procedures involved in an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
For the majority of reviewable decisions listed in Schedule 10 of the Act, the applicable reviewer is a committee of the IFR’s Expert Panel. The Expert Panel consists of individuals with a broad range of skills, knowledge and experience in areas relating to the operation, organisation or governance of football clubs or competitions, financial or other regulation, and four KCs.
During the course of the term of his appointment, Ian will be unable to represent or advise individuals, clubs or competition owners in relation to their obligations under the Act, including any proceedings against the IFR, but will otherwise continue to accept sports law and other instructions.