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…
Written by Richard Wee, Saphna Ravichandran, Wong Zi Ying, Sophia Ismail. Introduction What is sports technology? Technology in sports ranges from body techniques, traditional sports equipment used by athletes within competition, to performance enhancing machines, substances…
Written by Richard Wee, Chew Zhen Tao and Kimberly Chan Introduction It’s 2021, and statistics show that the global esports market yearly revenue is valued at approximately 1.08 billion U.S. dollars and forecasted to exceed 1.6 billion U.S.…
Reported by Sabrina Lee Nominated in 7 categories for the Firm, and 2 Individual categories, RWC takes home the Sports Law Award at the recent ALB Annual Malaysia Law Award 2021. Thomson Reuter’s Asian Legal Business (ALB)…
Written by Richard Wee, Sophia Ismail and Sabrina Lee Wei Ling To the world outside of the Olympics, the Olympic Charter (“the Charter”) is akin to a constitution of a nation. It includes, inter alia, recognition…
Reported by Wong Zi Ying and Sabrina Lee Wei Ling On 18th of April 2021, RWC Community Series organised a Webinar titled “Revitalising Mass Participants Sports Event” via Facebook live. The discussion surrounded on the…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying and Brenda Tan Sports Development Act 1997 (“SDA 1997”) is an act that promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in Malaysia. Under Section 15(1) of…
Reported by Saphna Ravichandran & Wong Zi Ying On 11th September 2020, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) hosted a workshop on Understanding Esports: Legal Rights and Implications as part of the on-going AIAC September…
Written by Richard Wee, Wong Zi Ying & Jacob Wong I will continue to fight for the human rights of female athletes, both on and off the track, until we can all run free the…
