Jack Anderson
Jack Anderson is a Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne. He has published extensively on sports law, and most recently A Concise Introduction to Sports Law (Edward Elgar, 2024).
He is a member of World Athletics’ Disciplinary Tribunal and the integrity unit of the International Hockey Federation. He is an Ethics Commissioner for the International Tennis Federation and World Boxing. Jack is an arbitrator on Football Australia’s National Dispute Resolution Chamber, the National Sports Tribunal of Australia, and Sport Resolutions UK.
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Key sports law cases in Australia – Part 1: Selection disputes & safeguarding
Published Tuesday, 09 July 2024.
Key sports law cases in Australia – Part 2: Social media & anti-doping
Published Tuesday, 09 July 2024.
The Shijiazhuang 23 (Part 3) – What comes next? And what are the lessons for future anti-doping investigations?
Published Friday, 31 May 2024.
The Shijiazhuang 23 (Part 2) – Why didn't WADA challenge CHINADA’s decision? And should they have done?
Published Friday, 31 May 2024.
The Shijiazhuang 23 (Part 1) – The Investigation: New York Times, ARD & USADA vs CHINADA & WADA
Published Friday, 31 May 2024.
Sport And Governance - Annual Review 2023/24
Published Tuesday, 05 March 2024.
The fallout from the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by Victoria
Published Thursday, 27 July 2023.
The Future Of Footy And The Merits Of The Concussion Class Actions In The AFL
Published Thursday, 27 April 2023.
Sport And Governance - Annual Review 2022/23
Published Thursday, 02 March 2023.
A Summary of Key Sports Law Cases In Australia in 2022
Published Thursday, 22 December 2022.
Can the Tokyo Games still be cancelled? Yes, but the legal and financial fallout would be staggering
Published Friday, 04 June 2021.
Sports & Governance - The Year In Review 2020/21
Published Friday, 30 April 2021.
Sports governance - the year in review 2019/20
Published Tuesday, 02 June 2020.
A detailed review of the CAS Panel’s decision in WADA v Sun Yang & FINA
Published Thursday, 05 March 2020.
A detailed analysis of the legal arguments in WADA v Sun Yang & FINA - a very public hearing
Published Thursday, 28 November 2019.
Israel Folau and Rugby Australia’s Code of Conduct hearing - the likely legal arguments
Published Monday, 29 April 2019.
The legal status and difficult future of greyhound racing
Published Friday, 14 December 2018.
Why the Russian Olympic doping saga shows the need for a radically different approach to anti-doping in sport
Published Thursday, 08 February 2018.
Duty of Care in Sport: Making the case for a Sports Ombudsman in the UK
Published Tuesday, 26 September 2017.
Concussion in sport - How employers’ duties compare in the U.K., Ireland & North America
Published Monday, 17 July 2017.
The integrity framework that can save the ‘Game Act’ and serve as a model for U.S. sports betting legalization
Published Wednesday, 07 June 2017.
The legal implications of concussion in contact sports
The scope of the duty of care in sport - A submission in relation to UK Government’s review
Published Friday, 10 June 2016.
Sharapova’s doping scandal - are athletes now more concerned about legality than ethics?
Published Thursday, 17 March 2016.
What next for sport and the IAAF in the wake of Russia’s doping crisis?
Published Tuesday, 10 November 2015.
The legality of boxing: a punch drunk love?
Published Wednesday, 23 September 2015.
Symptom free: will the law strike a knockout blow on concussion in rugby?
Published Thursday, 05 March 2015.
Why 2014 was the year of the whistleblower
Doping, Sport and the Law: A Day in the Federal Court, Essendon Football Club v ASADA (2014)
Published Friday, 03 October 2014.
What are the legal rights of affected parties from Qatar 2022 allegations?
Published Tuesday, 10 June 2014.
Match-fixing and the rights of individual sports participants: The Stephen Lee appeal
Published Tuesday, 22 October 2013.
Jack Anderson's 7 point anti-doping plan #ChooseTheRightTrack - Part 2
Published Sunday, 08 September 2013.
Jack Anderson on the launch of #ChooseTheRightTrack - an anti-doping campaign - Part 1
Published Saturday, 07 September 2013.
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 3
Published Tuesday, 16 July 2013.
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 2
Published Tuesday, 09 July 2013.
Prevention, detection and co-operation in match-fixing – Part 1
Published Wednesday, 03 July 2013.
Concussion, sport and the law
Published Tuesday, 07 May 2013.
Armstrong’s pedalling furiously but where’s he going?
Published Monday, 21 January 2013.
Random thoughts on Lance
Published Monday, 29 October 2012.
Violence, sport, the law and Paul O’Connell
Published Thursday, 25 October 2012.
Hillsborough
Published Friday, 21 September 2012.
Sporting risks, the law and wheelchair rugby: the case of Kylie Grimes
Published Tuesday, 18 September 2012.
Dispute resolution at the London 2012 Olympic Games, part 2
Published Wednesday, 05 September 2012.
Dispute resolution at the London 2012 Olympic Games, part 1
Published Wednesday, 05 September 2012.