SPORTS CASES

We can represent you in a hearing before a club, regional, national, or international sporting body. These hearings occur when an athlete or coach’s behaviour is considered to go against the written code of conduct, and in some cases when there is scrutiny over selections. The results of these hearings can have a significant impact on a career in sports, whether it be amateur or professional.

This is a specialist area, and one in which we have experience. As an example, John has acted on behalf of a New Zealand sportsperson to overturn the decision of his sport’s national body not to select him for the Olympic team—and was successful.

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Selected cases

May 2019
A client was subject to disciplinary hearings by their local club and the national organisation.  John successfully had the complainants to both organisations dismissed.

June 2016
A client was denied a place on the New Zealand Olympic Team.  John together with another lawyer successfully overturned the decision in the Sports Tribunal, granting the client a place on the team.