Degrees:
C.Arb - Chartered Arbitrator ADR Institute of Canada 1989
Barrister and Solicitor Member in good standing 1974 - present
Law Society of Upper Canada
LL.M. London School of Economics 1972
and Political Science
University of London
(Held MacKenzie King Scholarship)
LL.B. (cum laud) University of Western Ontario 1971
HB.A. Ivey School of Business 1968
University fo Western Ontario
Sports Arbitration Experience:
Legal Commissioner Canadian Olympic Association 1989 - present
Member/Arbitrator Court of Arbitration for Sport 1994 - present
Doping Decisions include: ITF v/Petr Korda
(TAS 99/223)
UCI v/ Hartwell
(TAS 99/A/232)
FINA v/Meca-Medina & Majcen
(TAS 99/A/234 & 235)
FINA v/ Meca-Medina & Majcen
(TAS 2000/A/270)
FIM v/Haga
(TAS 2000/A/281)
Other Decisions include: Advisory Opinion
(TAS 2000/C/267/AOC)
Member of the Ad Hoc panel of Arbitrators at the Olympic Games:
Winter Olympic Games Nagano, Japan 1998
Decisions Include: Eligibility Decision
Puerto Rico Olympic
Committee v/ International;
Olympic Committee
Commercial Advertising
Decision - Teck Corporation
v/ German International
Olympic Committee
Summer Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000
Decisions Include: Samoa NOC & Sports Federation
Inc. v/International Weightlifting
Federation (IWF)
(CAS OG 00/002)
Dieter Baumann v/ International
Olympic Committee (IOC),
National Olympic Committee
of Germany & IAAF
(CAS OG 00/006)
Rumyana Dimitrova Neykova
v/ International Rowing Federation
(FISA) and (IOC)
(CAS OG 00/012
Mihaela Melinte v/ International
Amateur Athletic Federation
(IAAF)
(CAS OG 00/015)
Winter Olympic Games Salt Lake City 2002
(Reserve Panelist)
Professional Sports Experience:
Salary Arbitrator National Hockey League 1992 - 2000
and the NHL Players Association
Player/Agent National Hockey League 2001 - present
Contract Arbitrator Players Association its agentsand players
Other Sports Related Experience:
Member of the ADR Implementation Committee established by the Minister for Amateur Sport, Denis Coderre, to make recommendations on how to implement a sports alternative dispute resolution system for Canada. Report September 11, 2001.
Chairman of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Doping Control - USA Track & Field - established at the Sydney Olympic Games by the Unites States Olympic Committee and USA Track & Field. Investigated alleged cover up of doping offences by USA Track & Field and its athletes at the Sydney Games.
Creation of the Commission arose from media allegations surrounding the issue of C.J. Hunters doping tests and his apparent competition at Sydney with his spouse, Marion Jones. Report July 11, 2001.
Arbitrator for the Canadian Olympic Association in team selection dispute with Badminton Canada. Report July, 2000.
Appointed as a one man Commission of Inquiry into alleged harassment problems withRugby Canada. Report March, 2000.
Member of a three person neutral arbitrator panel on a sexual harassment case involving a Canadian amateur female athlete and a Canadian international sports judge and sport official. Award written by Richard imposing a suspension. Panel established by the Centre for Sport and Law, Ottawa. Award issued June, 1997.
Director of the Sport Solution financially supported by AthletesCan and the Dispute Resolution Centre at U.W.O. It is an athletes advocacy and advice centre providing advice through specially trained students to members of AthetesCan who are Canadas elite performance athletes.
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