Is attack the best form of defence? James Hird’s loss against Chubb suggests ‘yes’ and ‘no’
Lawyers often get sued. One cannot possibly imagine why. To help protect against this risk, we take out insurance. We understand this to mean that if…
It’s a confidence game: Horse racing owners entitled to question Richard Callander penalty
“One of the biggest hurdles racing has to overcome is the perception that everything and everyone is shady… There is a huge audience that racing miss…
ASADA said ‘links in a chain’; WADA said ‘strands in a cable’: Which was right?
What does ASADA’s failed prosecution of the 34 Essendon Players and the famous Lindy Chamberlain case have in common? Both decisions apparently applied the principle that…
Essendon Saga: 13 legal things from CAS Judgment Day
Mainstream media outlets have been jammed with statements, comment and reaction following news that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on 11 January 2016…
Australian racing’s social media rules do not work (plus 5 tips to help)
A Chairman of a large corporate organization once told me he joined social media platforms because of his daughter. Her first job was at an advertising…
Meet the arbitrators and learn why they were chosen: The CAS panel for WADA’s appeal in Essendon saga
Arbitration is sometimes referred to as the ultimate in forum shopping. This is because the parties get to choose their own arbitrators. Once this happens, the…
Might a Swiss Court tell WADA it was wrong to go straight to CAS?
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the highest-level professional competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football. As the name suggests, the competition is Australian. Essendon…
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…
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…
Foiled again: Greyhound Racing Victoria shows it means business, loses injunction
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) likely breathed a big sigh of relief on 28 February 2015. That was when Awesome Project came second in Heat 8 at…
The Social Litigator 