Abstract High-profile decisions of the sports governing bodies and subsequent judicial decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, the Swiss Federal Tribunal and, sometimes, the European Court of Human Rights frequently draw wide public attention to the fact that in litigations of the sports world, the decisions of the sports governing…
Month: April 2020
Challenging the call: Should sports governing bodies be subject to judicial review?
Abstract English law is settled in its view that Sports Governing Bodies (“SGBs”) are not amenable to judicial review, following the Court of Appeal decision in R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club, ex p Aga Khan. However, this article argues that, 27 years on from the leading decision, the issue merits reconsideration owing to…
When sports is the most important utterly non-important thing in the world
Article source: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s40318-020-00167-7