Judging the judges: ‘Chuck Blazer judge’ receives thumbs up, but many get a thumbs down
In the United States there is a website called “The Robing Room”. The tagline reveals the website’s purpose: “Where judges are judged”. Readers are invited to…
Oil and water can mix: 8 hints to help lawyers help clients with media strategy
Years ago, I was representing a high net worth person in a pitched legal battle that had found its way to the doorstep of Australia’s highest…
Quiz: Let’s see how much you really know about the FIFA scandal
So you have read all the media stories and marveled at the corruption scandal engulfing FIFA. So intrigued, you might even have braved the 164 pages…
Essendon supplements saga: Is it up, up and away to Switzerland?
Now there’s a lot more things to football That really meets the eye There are days when you could give it up There are days when…
#Deflategate: A tale of team sport, circumstantial evidence and tough findings
We know Tom Brady as the person who looks terrific in a tuxedo at an A-List event with his wife, fashion model superstar Gisele Bündchen. We…
5 Ad Campaigns to make grammar pedants cringe
There are people who care a lot about grammar. There are people who do not care about grammar at all. Like oil and water, these two…
Stephen Dank did some things, not others, says AFL Tribunal
In this most partisan of cases, sometimes it is all in the headline. And so it proved late on Friday, 17 April 2015, after the AFL…
For confused Dallas Buyers Club downloaders, New Zealand might show the way
If you downloaded Dallas Buyers Club in 2014 then you might have been left feeling frustrated and confused by the many contradictory media reports floating around…
A question of proof: might an ASADA appeal have legs?
On 31 March 2015 the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal unanimously decided it was not comfortably satisfied that 34 Essendon Football Club players had committed an Anti-Doping Rule…
Greyhound racing’s ‘Awesome Project’: Australia’s answer to ‘McGruff the Crime Dog’?
Back in 1980, a dog in a rumpled trench coat said, “You don’t know me yet. But you will.” Since then, McGruff the Crime Dog, a…
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