Here at SportsLawyer, we are always looking to provide our clients with the best legal services possible and to help them achieve excellent outcomes. SportsLawyer is proud to share with you the following recent March 2022 success stories with helping clients achieve desirable results. Success Story 1: Bad behaviour fully explained Basketball – last week …
Paul will chat about: What happens when you join a committee? Handover to a new volunteer or getting a handover from the current position holder and – what should be included Should clubs be incorporated The benefits/productions of incorporated associations Read and be familiar with rules and constitutions, insurance policy, governance documentation. Listen to the …
Over time, we are seeing sports becoming more and more of a commercial enterprise at local club level. Sports administrators therefore ought to be aware of the impact that the pressures of sport can have on players and their mental health due to the competitive nature of the sporting activities they are involved in, not …
CLUBS & THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES: PREVENTING UNRULY BEHAVIOUR FROM PARENTS Parents play an important role in junior sporting clubs, from watching their child train and compete, through to off-field involvement through sporting administration and volunteering activities. Sporting contests can, however, become heated, leading to behaviour by parents which unfortunately falls below acceptable standards. Parents play an …
Athletes must satisfy citizenship criteria for their particular country and then must be nominated by their National Olympic Association to the International Olympic Committee in order to participate in the Olympic Games. This nomination is usually done following the recommendation of the relevant National Sporting Organisation (NSO), following the NSOs consideration of the qualification criteria …
Sports Governance – Good risk management for sporting organisations Best practice governance within a sporting organisation is essential in order to ensure that your organisation is run properly and effectively and that risks are adequately managed. A vital aspect of the governance framework is risk management. Amongst other things, the board ought to adequately anticipate, …
Natural Justice: What is it? The terms ‘natural justice’ and ‘procedural fairness’ are used interchangeably; in order to arrive at a just and defensible conclusion, an investigatory body (i.e. a tribunal) must give an individual: 1) an opportunity to show why adverse action should not be taken; and 2) a decision-maker whose mind is open to persuasion, …
Constitutional Health Check Is your organisation’s constitution up-to-date? As part of good governance practices, it is important to ensure that your organisation’s constitution is clearly set out, and compliant with requirements under the relevant state legislation. SportsLawyer has broad experience drafting constitutions for local, state and national associations. Contact our office to secure our current special deal: …
Good governance practices around child safety can help to protect those within your organisation from criminal and civil liability. A lack of child safety practices could, at the most extreme end, lead to situations such as that of USA Gymnastics’ team doctor Larry Nassar, who was able to abuse approximately 250 children over a number …
The IAAF announced its intention to bring in regulations, known as the “Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athletes with Differences of Sex Development)” (the DSD Regulations) earlier last year. The DSD Regulations were scheduled to come into effect from November 2018. Prior to the DSD Regulations coming into force, Semenya and ASA commenced proceedings in …
