Sports Law

At common law, minors have always been able to enter into binding contracts. The common law originally stated that contracts entered into by persons under 21 were “voidable at his or her option”. That is, the minor could choose to enforce the contract, or to avoid it. The Commonwealth and the States and Territories have …
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Opinion Piece – Peter J McGrath As the new year is upon us, I thought it would be an appropriate opportunity to give an update on the activities at the Brumbies. As we move into another important year in the history of the organisation, I was generally hoping that things would be more positive, and …
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On 4 October 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), issued a decision reducing the suspension given by an Independent Tribunal of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), to Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova for committing an anti-doping violation. The CAS reduced Sharapova’s suspension from two years down to fifteen months, after finding that she …
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At what point does it become obvious that an organisation is in crisis and that urgent action is required. The litany of governance issues which have beset the Brumbies organisation in the last 12 months reads like a fiction story.  That these are real events in the history of a great organisation is a demonstration …
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Yesterday the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed down its Panel decision in World Anti-Doping Agency v. Thomas Bellchambers etc al., Australian Football League, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (CAS 2015/A/4059). This post is a brief explanation of what has gone on in this disappointing saga of Australian sport involving one of the oldest and most …
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