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Scott Wilson v New Zealand Shooting Federation (ST 05/15) and Paul Wilson v New Zealand Shooting Federation (ST 06/14) – Jurisdiction
Appeal against decision of NSO, Appeal rights, Jurisdiction, Non-nomination for Commonwealth Games, Selection/nomination appealsOverview: Appeal against decision of NSO – Scott Wilson and Paul Wilson lodged separate appeals against decisions of the New Zealand Shooting Federation (NZSF) not to nominate them for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Whether jurisdiction to hear appeals – NZSF challenged the validity of both appeals on the grounds they were filed out of time –
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Ryan Taylor v New Zealand Olympic Committee
Appeal against decision of NZOC, Appeal rights, Jurisdiction, Non-selection for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal by shooter (T) against his non-selection by NZOC for London Olympic Games – quota place had been won for Olympics in women’s air rifle but no shooters in that category achieved qualifying standards – NZ Shooting Federation (NZSF) requested NZOC agree to reallocation of quota to Men’s 50m Prone Rifle and nominated T for
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Jack Halka v Bowls New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – appeal rights – whether finding by wrong appeal body that it had no jurisdiction was final disposition of the one available appeal right – appellant (H) competed in championship bowls match at Club and protested about appointment of “junior bowler” as a marker and sought re-match – committee of
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Thomas Emmerson v KartSport New Zealand Inc
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – jurisdiction – executive of KartSport NZ changed rule dealing with permitted fuels, including prohibiting use of bio-fuel blends in open class races – appellant (E) uses bio-fuels in his kart and at subsequent race meeting competed in one class but was not able to compete in open class due
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Handball New Zealand v New Zealand Olympic Committee
Overview: NSO attempted to appeal against decision of NZOC – whether Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear matter – if Tribunal had jurisdiction, whether it should exercise jurisdiction to hear matter – from 2004, there were two rival NSOs within sport of handball in NZ- in 2006, NZOC suspended HNZ, the appellant NSO, from membership – neither
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Brook Reeve v KartSport New Zealand
Overview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation (KartSport)- jurisdiction – Tribunal ruled it did not have jurisdiction to hear this appeal pursuant to KartSport’s rules – those rules require an appeal to Sports Tribunal to be preceded by a KartSport appeal board hearing and decision – appellant had intended to appeal to KartSport appeal board
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Noel Curr v Motorcycling New Zealand Inc (ST 09/08)
Overview: Appeal against decision of national sporting organisation – jurisdiction – whether appeal filed in time and Tribunal could hear appeal – appeals to Tribunal against a decision of an NSO have to be filed within the time period set out in the NSO’s rules or if those rules don’t specify time period, then within the
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Te Rina Taite v Swimming New Zealand Inc
Appeal against decision of NSO, Jurisdiction, Non-nomination for Olympics, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implemented, Selection/nomination criteria: whether reasonable opportunity to satisfyOverview: Appeal against non-nomination for Olympics – relay swimmer’s team was not nominated – she appealed her non-nomination – appeal heard under urgency – jurisdiction – which rules or agreements applied as to when appeal against non-nomination needed to be filed – SNZ’s constitution did not set out time frame for filing non-nomination appeal and so
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Kane Radford v Swimming New Zealand Inc
Appeal against decision of NSO, Jurisdiction, Natural justice, Non-nomination for Olympics, Non-selection for NZ team, Selection/nomination appeals, Selection/nomination criteria: whether material on which could reasonably be based, Selection/nomination criteria: whether properly followed/implementedOverview: Appeal against non-selection for world championships and non-nomination for Olympics – swimmer appealed not being selected for open water world championships event – needed to compete in that event in order to have a chance to qualify for Olympics – jurisdiction – interpretation – rule in Swimming NZ (SNZ) constitution only gave jurisdiction to Tribunal
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Glen Williams v Triathlon New Zealand Inc
Overview: Appeal against decision of NSO – jurisdiction – appellant complaining about a decision affecting him that was made by an overseas organisation (WTC) – appellant asked Triathlon New Zealand (Tri NZ) to censure WTC and use their influence to get the decision of WTC changed – when Tri NZ refused to do so, he brought
