Reported by Tai Sher Lynn The Asian Sports Arbitration Rules (“the Rules”) were cultivated in tandem with the spirit of the utilisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) mechanisms to resolve disputes within the realm of…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying, Lim Zhi Ying and Muhammad Anwar Award No CAS 2023/O/9370 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Appellant — Professional Football Agents Association (PROFAA), Zürich, Switzerland Represented by Mr.…
Reported by Lavannya Nair On the 13th of June 2023, Mr Richard Wee from Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) was cordially invited to be one of the panellists in the Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (“PFAM”)…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Nurul Athirah Ja’afar Introduction On 15 March 2023, the Ministry of Youth and Sports recently published its first edition of the Safe Sports Code, also known as “Kod…
Reported by Wong Zi Ying On 31 January 2023, Messrs Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) was invited by the Sekretariat Industri Sukan to attend a townhall programme with the Minister of Youth and Sports, YB Hannah…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Nurul Athirah Jaafar Introduction Recently, the Commissioner Of Sports Malaysia released a circular on the procedures in application of disputes or complaints in sports bodies (“the said…
Written by Richard Wee, Chew Zhen Tao and Wong Zi Ying On 11 October 2022, the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (“ICAS”) issued a media release regarding the amendments to the Code of Sports-related…
Copyright by LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Reproduced with permission of LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Kimberly Chan and Tee Jae Ei In a previous article Deep Dive into Gene-Editing, we have given a brief but…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Fatimah Az-Zahra Introduction In 2018, the Sports Development Act 1997 (“the Act”) was amended by Parliament. Amongst its most prominent amendment, was the establishment of the Sports Dispute Committee (“SDC”)…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Fatimah Az-Zahra Introduction In Malaysia, the main legislation governing sports development and administration of sports is none other than the Sports Development Act 1997 (“the Act”) which was also recently…