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Israel Folau will argue his termination was unlawful discriminatory relating to his religious practise. In this article Paul Horvath examines the legal considerations of Section 772 of the Fair Work Act

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has announced that it will appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) recent decision confirming the validity of proposed eligibility regulations of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on restricting female athletes who have “differences of sex development” from competing in certain international athletic events. The initial challenge against the validity of the regulations was brought by ASA and also South African runner Caster Se...

Join us on 4th June 2019 for our Child Safety in Sport Seminar. The aim of the seminar is to offer a review of recent developments and trends in the area of sports law and the evolving obligations of schools, sporting clubs and associations to protect children in sport.

Israel Folau, arguably Australia’s best rugby union player, has today elected to proceed to a Code of Conduct hearing in relation to alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct applying to him as a professional rugby union player for Australia following social media posts of his which included a statement that homosexual people will go to hell. The Code of Conduct hearing will be a closed hearing, with a date to be set shortly. Folau risks the termination of his Rugby Australia playing contract in ...

Integrity has found itself at the centre of much discussion in sport in recent times. This brief report outlines key recommendations relating to integrity investigations that will assist senior management personnel to develop stronger integrity-related frameworks within their sport.

Accurate whereabouts information is essential to ensure the effectiveness of out of competition anti-doping programs in sport. This article outlines the framework that applies to athletes who are required to provide their whereabouts information by their own International Federation and National Anti-Doping Organisation, for the purposes of being tested out of competition and without notice. Failure to provide accurate whereabouts information or to be available for testing at the athlete’s spec...

The Federal Government's response to integrity issues in Australian Sport.

Paul Horvath - Principal of SportsLawyer presented at the LIV Sports Law Insights event on 12th March 2019.

The Federal Government has recently responded to the Review of Australia’s Sports Integrity Arrangements with a commitment to establish a new National Sports Integrity Commission called Sports Integrity Australia. The Government has also announced the establishment of a National Sports Tribunal, with the aim of providing timely and cost-effective dispute resolution services to the sports industry for integrity-related disputes.

On the 9th February 2019, we helped celebrate with Gymnastics Victoria.