It’s a confidence game: Horse racing owners entitled to question Richard Callander penalty
“One of the biggest hurdles racing has to overcome is the perception that everything and everyone is shady… There is a huge audience that racing miss…
Assessing brand damage to the Australian Catholic Church: What research tells us
“Sorry about the jargon, but if Catholicism really were a brand, ad agencies wouldn’t be fighting for the account right now” – Damian Thompson, The Telegraph…
Does ‘Genie Slim Jeggings’ advertising cross the legal line?
There is real life, and then there is fantasy. ‘Real life’ is being fatter than before Christmas, thanks to a January diet interrupted by bouts of…
ASADA said ‘links in a chain’; WADA said ‘strands in a cable’: Which was right?
What does ASADA’s failed prosecution of the 34 Essendon Players and the famous Lindy Chamberlain case have in common? Both decisions apparently applied the principle that…
Essendon Saga: 13 legal things from CAS Judgment Day
Mainstream media outlets have been jammed with statements, comment and reaction following news that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on 11 January 2016…
Cobalt hearings – Time for the law
When contemplating sporting integrity issues in 2015, the television show Hogan’s Heroes comes to mind. Set in fictional German prisoner of war camp Stalag 13 during…
Tipsters risk liability under Australian Consumer Law if they fail to offer a genuine opinion
Wherever we are, listening to the radio, watching television or in front of a screen, there is someone telling us the likely result, before the event…
Nightmare! Court decision dooms to failure negligence claims by skiers against lift companies
When I was little, after a long day skiing, I stood in line with my parents to catch the Merritt’s chairlift down to Thredbo Village. There…
Blurred lines: Do sports stars deserve media privacy and, if so, how?
On 10 October 2015, to discuss “Footy and the Media: The Off-Field Game”, I joined host and Monash senior lecturer Bill Birnbauer, AFL head of content…
How Nat Fyfe turned round his AFL Club’s negative brand equity
Was it only a few days ago that media headlines across the land decried the thuggery of Fremantle Dockers fans? In the course of losing an…
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