Cases

R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club

Comment

Had this judgment gone the other way, it would have had implications for all sporting regulators in the exercise of their disciplinary powers. As it is, it maintains the position that the decisions of such bodies are not amenable to judicial review in the post Human Rights Act era. There remains the possibility in appropriate cases of a review in private law, such as occurred in Bradley v The Jockey Club. But the consistent signal being handed down is that the courts prefer to leave the application of the rules of sport to the expert bodies set up to regulate those activities, and will not intervene unless something has gone badly wrong.

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Administrative Law
Human Rights
Professional Discipline
Public Law
Sports Law

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