Tag / sport
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Chris Gayle raises bat with triple-century damages [2018] NSWSC 1838
Chris Gayle, a West Indian cricketer and international T20 star, has hit more centuries than anyone in the game’s shortest format, but rarely has he had a better result than in his…
December 4, 2018 -
Dank v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2016] NSWSC 295. Number of days in Stephen Dank’s defamation trial – 20. Judgment Awarded – Priceless
Since 2013, the Australian sporting landscape has been dominated, not by any particularly amazing footballer, cricketer or athlete. No, it has been dominated by Stephen Dank – “sports scientist”. He is the…
March 30, 2016 -
Dank’s defamation juggernaut faces first hurdles: [2013] NSWSC 1122; [2013] NSWSC 1064
The biggest name in Australian sport this year is not a footballer, a cricketer or even an athlete. The biggest name in Australian sport is Dr Stephen Dank, a “sports scientist”. He…
September 2, 2013 -
Cronulla’s legal advice on ASADA kept confidential: Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 494
The biggest news in Australian sport this year has been the investigation by the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) into the alleged use by athletes and members…
June 24, 2013 -
Holmes a Court wins in High Court: Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court [2012] HCA 53
Given that AFL Football and cricket have this year graced us with fantastic defamation cases about talk shows, lurid affairs and sordid match-fixing claims, it seems only natural that Rugby League would…
December 12, 2012 -
Cricket: Cairns’ £90,000 Damages out of proportion?… NOT OUT: Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 483 (QB)
The writer has barely coped with the mental devastation heaped on his football team in last month’s AFL Grand Final, but alas it is now but a distant suppressed memory ….. and…
November 9, 2012 -
Mick Molloy still not funny: Cornes v The Ten Group Pty Ltd & Ors [2012] SASFC 99
With the 2012 AFL Grand Final only a few days away, and the writer’s team, Hawthorn, playing off for the title against the Sydney Swans, it is about time this blog found…
September 27, 2012 -
Strike Two for Rugby League Follower: Palavi v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 182
On 16 and 17 April 2010, Queensland Newspapers published an article on its website which Charmyne Palavi, a mother of 3 and rugby league follower, claimed conveyed imputations that she was “a…
August 14, 2012 -
Cairns belts match-fixing claim out of the ground: Cairns v Modi [2012] EWHC 756 (QB)
In 1983 I remember going to the MCG with my father and watching a swashbuckling New Zealand batsman, Lance Cairns, belt 6 sixes all around the biggest ground in the world, off…
March 29, 2012 -
Kung Fu Fighting – plaintiff not as fast as lightning: Jin-Song Han v Australian Kung Fu Federation Inc [2011] VSC 498
This was an application to strike out 3 claims for defamation on the basis that they were statute barred. Under the Defamation Act 2005 (Vic), a person has 1 year from the…
November 28, 2011