Essendon v ASADA: The rule of law and role of legal fairness
At the heart of claims by Essendon Football Club and James Hird against the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) is a perceived lack of procedural fairness.…
The battle lines are drawn: What ASADA admits & denies in its Defence
Essendon Football Club, a professional Australian Football League (AFL) team, and its suspended coach James Hird have instituted proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against…
YOU be the Judge: Should the ACCC have sued over Jetstar and Virgin pricing practices?
Recent litigation brought against two airline carriers by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) raises questions about the source of the term “drip pricing”, what the case…
Essendon and Hird Statements of Claim: One voice or a loose alliance?
Here we have a tale of two documents. Each of them is called a Statement of Claim. Each of them is filed on behalf of an…
Reporting facts not opinion: Fair reports of UK phone hacking trial show the way
In this post, Georgina Schoff QC laments aspects of the media coverage of the current Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. She uses it…
The winners and losers from Federal Court directions hearing: Essendon supplements saga
I posted my predictions about the big ticket items in the litigation between Essendon, James Hird and ASADA and how they would be dealt with. How…
Essendon supplements saga: Likely battlegrounds at 27 June Federal Court directions hearing
On 13 June 2014, professional Australian Rules team Essendon Football Club and its coach, James Hird, commenced proceedings against the CEO of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping…
What George Hincapie can teach Essendon players in supplements saga
George Hincapie was Lance Armstrong’s right hand man. He provided substantial assistance to the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), confessed to doping and was pivotal in USADA’s pursuit…
‘Reading between the lines’ of Essendon’s court application against ASADA
BigFooty.com requested that I write a piece for their home page, so I decided to apply a bit of ‘in-house knowledge’ to a review of the Essendon…
Essendon’s Federal Court legal action against ASADA: Out of bounds on the full?
On 13 June 2104, Essendon Football Club, a member of the Australian Football League caught up in a long running supplements saga, commenced legal action against…
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