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…
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…
It is a question of proof: Greyhound Racing Victoria lift on suspensions explained
“Shut the whole greyhound racing industry down”, say some. For others: “It’s a small aberrant group doing this, but not us”. These are just some of…
Calculating costs: James Hird & ASADA litigation
A penny for your thoughts? Well, if those thoughts are an estimate of James Hird’s legal costs in the ASADA litigation, expect those pennies to vary…
8 reasons why James Hird lost his Federal Court Appeal
On 30 January 2015, in a joint judgment of Kenny, Besanko and White JJ, the Full Federal Court dismissed James Hird’s appeal. Mr Hird had appealed…
ASADA’s subpoena application no ‘lay down misere’ in Supreme Court
It must have been a bruising task appearing before Justice Croft in the Supreme Court of Victoria about whether the AFL Tribunal hearing concerning anti-doping rule violations…
Wordplay likely to confuse as AFL Tribunal closes doors on open hearing
“You like to-may-toes and I like to-mah-toes”: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (George & Ira Gershwin, 1937) Observers of the anti-doping saga involving Essendon Football…
James Hird v ASADA Appeal, Report Day 2
When Court adjourned after Day 1 of James Hird’s appeal, ASADA’s legal team had likely decided a rethink was in order. Earlier that day, ASADA’s Senior…
Can the ‘real’ ASADA please stand up? Two different pictures in James Hird appeal
James Hird and ASADA painted philosophically different portraits of ASADA in the Full Federal Court hearing commencing before Justices Kenny, Besanko and White on 10 November…
As James Hird v ASADA Appeal looms, parties’ hands are disclosed
The Federal Court of Australia’s experience with online case files is relatively new. Perhaps it found the adventure of a completely open, contemporaneous online file in…
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