The Latest Breaking News from Pannick

‘This wasn’t about money, this was a life at stake’: the world of a sports lawyer

Simon Leaf combines multimillion-pound deals with advising footballers diagnosed with serious heart conditions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025

Man City lawyer claims human rights issues would ‘distract’ football watchdog

Lord Pannick’s comments came as the House of Lords continued its line-by-line scrutiny of the Football Governance Bill.

Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Arsenal 2-0 Wolves, Everton 0-3 Brighton and more Premier League scores – as it happened

Arsenal enjoyed a winning start to the season against Wolves, while Everton suffered a dreadful defeat to Brighton

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2024

Impervious to advice or rules, Johnson held up the shield of stupidity

The Convict ignored his well-paid legal team to mount a defence blind to logic

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023

Boris Johnson’s best defence is he’s a known liar incapable of lying

When the dust finally clears on Boris’s parties, his lawyer won’t be looking back on this as his finest hour

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023

‘Pannick on the streets of London’: Welcome to Man City, where lawyers are celebrated like strikers

As Manchester City returned to the pitch for the first time since being charged by the Premier League, it gave their fans the opportunity to welcome a new signing: Blackstone Chambers barrister Lord Pannick KC

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023

Guardiola built this Manchester City team and knows he could lose it all

With the independent commission to come and Arsenal up next, beating Aston Villa didn’t really seem like the major issue

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

Man City fans drown out Premier League anthem with boos before Aston Villa game

The match was the champions’ first outing since they were charged with 115 breaches of the competition’s Financial Fair Play regulations on Monday.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

Boris Johnson earns £1million in six weeks... as taxpayers foot huge bill for Partygate legal fees

Publishers HarperCollins announced earlier this month they had acquired the rights to the book

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Boris Johnson gets £510,000 advance as taxpayers face rising legal bill for ex-PM

HarperCollins earlier this month said they had acquired the rights to what was described as a prime ministerial memoir ‘like no other’

Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2023