Sports and Recreation Cases

Sports and Recreation Cases is a topical case law database consisting of more than 300 case records relating to sports law, sourced from a variety of New Zealand courts,  the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand and its predecessor, the Sports Disputes Tribunal.

The sports aspect of the database covers issues including drug testing in sport, employment issues such as dismissal and discipline of athletes, disputes over selection for competition, sports contracts, and laws dealing with sports clubs.  Recreation cases include, for example, matters relating to the management and conservation of fish and game.

The availability of Sports and Recreation Cases on Westlaw NZ allows you to seamlessly link through to related Westlaw NZ products including commentary services, law reports series, A to Z of New Zealand Law,  and legislation and articles, ensuring you  have complete access to all your research needs in one platform.

Key benefits

• Specifically target sports and recreation decisions  to save you valuable research time.
• Access the most current cases with decisions classified and uploaded  as soon as they are received from the relevant  court or tribunal.
• Access both superior court decisions and full text tribunal decisions.
• Take advantage of an advanced search template, including an option to limit searching to reported cases only or to a specific law report series.

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