The recent case of former Australian junior swimming coach John Wright has shone a light on child sex abuse within Australian sporting organisations. Mr Wright was recently remanded in custody and is facing charges of historical child sex abuse relating to his conduct against a number of prominent swimmers whilst he was coaching them as …
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SportsLawyer employee, Alexandria Anthony, had her article (co-written with Swiss attorney Dr Alexandra Veuthey) recently published on leading sports law website LawInSport: David Mackay’s Unpunished ‘Bump’: Why Australian Sports Must Do More To Tackle Head And Facial Injuries. It’s a two part article dealing in the first part with sports law issues arising from concussion and …
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Paul Horvath, Principal of SportsLawyer joined the team at Sportzfan Radio as special guest to discuss Shayna Jack, doping and mandatory vaccines of athletes. Listen to the discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntMOSK_h7GQtDQWlouH8hA
On 20 September 2021, National Basketball League (NBL) club, the New Zealand Breakers, announced that it had mutually parted ways with its player Tai Webster due to his refusal to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The Breakers justified the decision based on that fact that “without being vaccinated he will not have freedom of travel which …
The 2021 Australia v India Test in Sydney was marred by the eviction of several spectators from the Sydney Cricket Ground. It was alleged that the spectators had racially abused Indian players on the field. The ugly incident is a recent example of many incidents of racist behaviour from sports spectators towards athletes, officials and …
The success of professional athletes is well documented across television, social media and in the public. Wealth, happiness and adoration of fans is the typical portrayal of superstar sportsmen and women. Yet, athletes are arguably under greater workplace pressures and psychological stress than many other professions. Often overlooked because of perceived comfortable off-field lifestyles, supporting …
Paul Horvath engaged in a lively discussion about a range of Sport Law topics with Sam Newman, Mike Sheahan, and Don Scott on their ‘You cannot be serious’ podcast. Paul fielded questions on a range of topics including: The growing role of sports law as a legal practice area Drugs in sport; the science and the rules …
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In response to new scientific knowledge regarding the permanent health risks associated with concussion, the AFL introduced a couple of new rules in response. The first of these rules was to introduce an injury substitute player who can replace a player on the field who has been injured in any way, including by concussion. The …
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Today Paul Horvath spoke with Jake Niall from “The Age” about the 12-day concussion rule. In the interview, Paul, an expert in sporting doping matters, discusses that it would be difficult and possibly expensive to challenge the 12-day concussion ruling to play in an AFL Grand Final. Read the full article here https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/legal-bid-to-beat-concussion-ban-for-grand-final-an-absolute-longshot-20210427-p57mrp.html#comments You might …
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