The Winter Olympics and philosophy: does strict liability for doping violate the spirit of sport?
This is a guest post by lawyer and lecturer, Daniel Goldsworthy I do my best writing in the morning, on an empty stomach after two black…
This is a guest post by lawyer and lecturer, Daniel Goldsworthy I do my best writing in the morning, on an empty stomach after two black…
Many of us consider ourselves Aussie rock stars, on the inside anyway. Even if our work was not co-opted by Cory Bernardi for his #AC100 list,…
The long awaited Court of Appeal judgment has been delivered in the Mark Kavanagh and Danny O’Brien cobalt saga. Or more accurately, three judgments have been…
Recently, a small, exclusive group of taut, fit looking young people with large disposable incomes attended the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas. They could have gone…
On 13 April 2017, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) announced it had sought leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria from the…
For the last two years, trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh have fought charges laid against them by Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) arising from prohibited cobalt…
This year, the Boxing Day Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne was interrupted by at least 460 rain breaks, hot humidity and, given the weather conditions, an insight for…
The racing industry is not known for loving its paperwork. We set the scene of a recent example about ‘what can go wrong’ in the world…
Studying Classics many years ago, I had a romantic desire to read Homer in the original Ancient Greek. This enthusiasm lasted for one year and…
This is a story about the restoration of dignity for one person. However, for Legal Aid to sell this outcome as a happy ending for everyone in…