Mar 29, 2022 Formula 1 returns – new season, new rules By Laura Moorcroft Chris Morris The 2022 F1 season returned this month in much the same way as the extraordinary 2021 season ended, with racing under floodlights in the...
Jul 29, 2021 2020 Tokyo Olympics open in style, but the legal cauldron was already alight By Chris Morris Laura Moorcroft The rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially got underway with an impressive opening ceremony on 23 July 2021. However, on 13 July...
Jun 10, 2021 Swiss Federal Tribunal overturns Sun Yang’s eight-year doping ban… but there’s more to come By Will Thompson Chris Morris Overview On 22 December 2020, the Swiss Federal Tribunal ("SFT") set aside the award handed down by the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Apr 01, 2021 Pandemic stops play – will Australia be caught out by its decision to withdraw from 2021 tour to South Africa? By Chris Morris Victoria Artaza Alexander Chaize Will Thompson +1 more... Show less Background On 17 February 2021, Cricket South Africa (“CSA”) lodged a dispute with the International Cricket Council (“ICC”) following...
Nov 02, 2020 Men’s World 100m champion will not compete at the Tokyo Olympics unless he overturns his 2-year ban following CAS appeal By Chris Morris Gemma Read Elinor Cavil Background On 22 October 2020, Christian Coleman, the current men’s 100m world champion, was banned from competing for two years by a...
Jul 02, 2020 Court of Arbitration for Sport updates its Procedural Rules By Chris Morris On 1 July 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s new Code of Sports-related Arbitration (the “Code”) came into force. CAS has...
Jun 18, 2020 Impact of COVID-19 on the sports sector – Update webinar By Chris Morris On 30 April 2020, we held our second international, cross-practice webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the global sports sector. In this...
May 20, 2020 Salarygate – do Lord Myners’ recommendations go far enough? By Alasdair Muller Chris Morris In December 2019, Premier Rugby Limited (“PRL”) appointed Lord Myners CBE to conduct a “comprehensive” review of its Salary Cap...