Written by Richard Wee & Wong Zi Ying “It was a mistake to de-regulate agents in 2015” — Emilio García Silvero (Chief Legal Officer, FIFA) Football agent, who is known as a football intermediary, is a representative…
By Richard Wee & Marcus Leong (FIRST PUBLISHED HERE) In the words of Diego Maradona, the former Argentine professional footballer described Video Assistant Referee (VAR) as a “technology that brings transparency and quality that provides a…
By Richard Wee and Saphna Ravichandran (First published here) The Sports Development Act was passed by Parliament and gazetted on 25 September 1997. It promotes and facilitates the development, administration and registration of sports in Malaysia. In order…
Reported by Ashley Yip On the 4th of September, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) held a workshop at their auditorium. The topic of the seminar was about the Introduction to Sports Dispute Resolution. It…
The Asian Legal Business (ALB) annual Malaysia Law Awards was held on 14th August 2020. Due to the current Covid-19 concerns, the ceremony (for the first time) was held online with the tremendous help of…
Written by Richard Wee & Daniel Tan Introduction “I also regret all the harm I did to soccer, which is the sport that I love…” said Alfredo Hawit, the former president of the Confederation of…
Written by Richard Wee. Assisted by Marlysa Razak. (First appeared on Richard Wee & Yip’s Blogspot and AIAC (the known as KLRCA) Newsletter in 2015.) What is Sports Law? Sports has evolved from a hobby…
Written by Ahmad Rizduan and originally appearing on Vocket FC in the Malay Language. https://www.vocketfc.com/daripada-satu-sudut-pemain-mungkin-bimbang-kelab-mencari-alasan-untuk-tidak-membayar-gaji-penuh/ Here is the English Translation :- THERE is no perfect solution from the legal point of view over a possible…
RWC is pleased to be part of ISN’s Corporate Project team. After many months of work, the project to add value to National Sports Institute’s (ISN) products & brand reached another milestone when we made…
On 25 – 26 July 2019, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) hosted a 2-day workshop introducing the mechanism and history of the National Dispute Resolution Chambers (NDRC) to the arbitrators appointed for the NDRC.…