Case In Point

What happens when an athlete is punished for doping, but the athlete has no idea how the drugs entered their system?

In 2019 the Australian swimming world was rocked by news that champion swimmer Shayna Jack had returned a positive test for a banned performance enhancing drug.

The ensuing legal battle, including the penalties awarded against Jack, has exposed the challenges athletes face under current global anti-doping rules.

Guests:

Paul Horvath, Principal at SportsLawyer. Lawyer for Shayna Jack.

Associate Professor Catherine Ordway, Sport Integrity Research Lead, University of Canberra.

Case:

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Shayna Jack & Swimming Australia, CAS 2021/A/7579 & 7580, 16 September 2021.

Further Reading:

Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond? by Catherine Ordway (The Conversation, 12 January 2025)

The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model by Catherine Ordway (The Conversation, 20 January 2025)

Paul Horvath speaks on ABC Sport Podcast about the Jannik Sinner doping case (Best of ABC Sport, 17 February 2025)

Doping to Win: The Risks for Feeder Clubs and Their Athletes by Alexandria Anthony (SportsLawyer blog, 6 February 2025)

Australia Anti-Doping Processes: Balancing a Level Playing Field Against Unintentional Offences by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer blog, 19 December 2024)

Ethics in Sports: Mitigating Risk for Sports Organisations by Paul Horvath (SportsLawyer blog, 17 October 2024)

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It’s 1839, and Melbourne is a fledgling frontier, rife with tension between British invaders and First Australians.
The arrival of two Palawa men, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener, sparks a chain of events leading to a brutal execution witnessed by thousands in the heart of the city.
Were they criminals, or resistance fighters opposing colonial invasion? This is the untold story of rebellion, violence, and injustice that shaped the early days of Melbourne — and it’s a story that most Australians have never heard.
Guest: Professor Lynette Russell AM, Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Monash University
Case: The trial and execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner (Melbourne, 1842)
Further Reading: Auty, K., & Russell, L. (2016). Hunt Them, Hang Them: 'The Tasmanians' in Port Phillip 1841-42. (1 ed.) Justice Press.

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Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward?
This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean.
Special guest Mark Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia.
Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) (2014)
Guest: Mark Dreyfus KC MP

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In 2017 a little-known Australian technologist develops a revolutionary form of facial recognition technology.
Clearview AI is being used by law enforcement agencies to hunt down criminals. But is there a catch?
A series of legal disputes around the world are among the most stark and alarming of our time.

Show Notes
Guest: Professor Jeannie Paterson, University of Melbourne (Co-Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics)
Update: Since recording, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released this Statement on Clearview AI (21 August 2024).
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It by Kashmir Hill (The New York Times, 18 January 2020)
Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy: Statement by Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (3 November 2021)
ACLU v. Clearview AI case summary (American Civil Liberties Union, 11 May 2022)
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit (AP News, 22 June 2024)

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Grave robbers, AI law enforcement, international diplomatic beefs!
Introducing Case In Point, the stories behind some of the most amazing court cases you need to know about.
Each episode a special guest picks a weird and wonderful court case with an epic backstory.
Hosted by Melissa Castan (Professor of Law at Monash University) and James Pattison (the guy who's not a Professor of Law at Monash University).