Report Day 2: Essendon Football Club & Hird v ASADA
Lawyer and legal reporter Kate Houghton has prepared a report of Day 2 of the trial into whether the Australian Sports Anti Doping Authority (ASADA) acted…
Losing ground? How the evidence fared in Essendon v ASADA litigation
This post analyses the effect of cross-examination on the parties’ evidence in Day 2 of the Federal Court of Australia into the legality of the Australian…
Report Day 1: Essendon Football Club & Hird v ASADA
Intrepid lawyer and legal reporter, Kate Houghton, attended Court today and prepared a report of the first day of the trial into whether the Australian Sports…
Reading the Tea Leaves: Essendon v ASADA Opening Submissions
This post analyses the oral opening submissions from Day 1 of the trial between Essendon Football Club, James Hird and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA),…
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…
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…
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…
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