Cases

McKeown v British Horseracing Authority

Facts

The Appeal Board of the BHA upheld findings of a Disciplinary Panel that M, a jockey, was guilty of (1) deliberately failing on 4 occasions to ride a horse on its merits and (2) conspiring with a trainer, owner and various gamblers to commit a corrupt practice by providing them with inside information to enable them successfully to place lay bets on his rides in those and 4 other races. M sued the BHA for a declaration that these findings were unlawful, and an injunction to prevent implementation of a penalty of 4 years’ disqualification. M argued that the tribunals had erred in law, and made findings of fact which were perverse and vitiated by actual or apparent bias.

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