The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled against ace Trinidad and Tobago cyclist Njisane Phillip for the presence of a prohibited substance in a sample provided by him at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. The CAS ruling supports the decision of the Panam Sports ad hoc disciplinary …
Read More »How to lose a doping case in three easy steps: grappling with WADA
Doping cases have dominated the sporting headlines in the region as of late. It is a highly specialised and often misunderstood area of law that appeals to not only lawyers and law students, but the public at large. In this article, I set out the three sure-fire ways to lose …
Read More »Drugs, testosterone, invasion of privacy: The UWI’s Sports Law workshop addresses global sport issues
Former Jamaican Olympian Grace Jackson is not against the idea of legalising doping in track and field. Insisting that she is not an advocate for drug usage in the sport, she, nevertheless, floated the idea that the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) might work with the global governing bodies to achieve …
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