Legal Issues in Sport, PE and Recreation

353 Pages·2009·2.58 MB·English

by  Hazel Hartley

Sport, Physical Recreation
and the Law
It is important for anybody involved in sport and physical recreation to be aware of the legal
context in which their activity takes place, to develop an understanding of their legal responsi-
bilities and to know what might happen if something goes wrong. Sport, Physical Recreation
and the Lawis the first textbook on this difficult subject for students and practitioners in sport
and physical recreation.
Covering a wide range of legal principles and cases, this textbook introduces the reader to legal
systems, terminology, databases and the use of case law. Designed to encourage analysis,
reflection and the application of examples and ideas from the reader’s own experience, the book
clearly and comprehensively explains key topics such as:
• Socio-legal aspects of sports violence and criminal liability
• Negligence and defences against negligence
• Manslaughter by individuals and organisations in sport
• Principles of natural justice, disciplinary tribunals and doping
• Discrimination, harassment and child protection
• Risk management, statutory duties and breaches of health and safety
• Criminal liability in recognised sports, hazing and cage fighting.
Including over 300 exercises, hypothetical scenarios, investigative tasks and seminar activities,
this book is an essential course text for all students of sport, recreation and the law, and an
invaluable reference for coache s, physical education teachers and those who play, lead or
organise sport and physical recreation.
Hazel Hartleyis a Principal Lecturer and research activist in Sport, Law and Ethics at Leeds
Metropolitan University and a former Higher Education Academy Subject Specialist in Sport
and the Law.She has more than 25 years’ experience teaching this subject to students and
practitioners.

Sport, Physical Recreation
and the Law
Hazel Hartley
First published 2009
by Routledge
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©2009 Hazel Hartley
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hartley, Hazel J.
Sport, physical recreation and the law / Hazel Hartley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sports—Law and legislation—United States. 2. Physical education and training
Law and legislation—United States. 3. Recreation—Law and legislation—United States.
I. Title.
KF3989.H37 2009
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This book is dedicated to my wonderful twin sister Ann –
born together, always together. Your creativity and kindness
touch so many people.

Contents
List of cases ix
Foreword xv
Acknowledgements xix
Abbreviations xxi
Introduction 1
1 Resources at your finger tips: a guide to legal sources, databases and
organisations 5
2 Taking reasonable care? Principles of negligence in sport, physical education
and recreation 39
3 Taking care of ourselves in sport: volenti non fit injuria,contributory negligence
and occupier’sliability 69
4 Sports violence and criminal assault: a socio-legal perspective 93
5 Discrimination, harassment and child protection in sport and physical recreation 123
6 Safe in our hands? Risk management and breaches of health and safety: learning
from cases and incidents 149
7 Causing and investigating death: an overview of selected manslaughter cases 183
8 Natural justice principles, sport disciplinary processes and key doping cases 213
9 Unfinished business? Legal reform on offences against the person: implications
for sado-masochism, sport, hazing and cage fighting 249
Personal reflections of a book journey: opportunities for applied teaching of legal
aspects of sport and physical recreation 273
Notes 281
Bibliography 305
Index 323
vii

List of cases
Aanes v FINA(unreported, 9 July 2001, Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS
2001/A/317A) 236, 300
Affutu-Nartoy v Clarke and Anor,The Times, 8 February 1984 (QBD) 62
Agar v Canning(1965) 54 WWR 302 48
Agar v Hyde[2000] HCA 41; (2000) 201 CLR 552 89
Allport v Wilbraham [2004] EWCA Civ 1668 50
Bacon v White and Chartfield Associates (unreported,21 May 1998, Queen’s Bench
Division) 57
Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital Management Committee [1969] 1 QB 428 50
Barrett v Ministry of Defence [1995] 1 WLR 1217; [1995] 3 All ER 87 (CA) 74
Baxter v IOC (unreported, 15 October 2002, Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS
2002/A/376) 231
Beaumont v Surrey County Council (1968) 66 LGR 580 60
Bennet v Football Association (unreported, 1978, Court of Appeal) 124, 275, 288
Bernhard v ITU (unreported, 9 August 1999, Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS
1998/222) 228, 236
Blake v Galloway [2004] EWCA Civ 814; [2004] 1 WLR 2844 58
Blythe v Birmimgham Waterworks (1856) 11 Ex 781 44
Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850; [1951] 1 All ER 1078 47
Bottomley v Todmorden Cricket Club [2003] EWCA Civ 1575 285
Bradford v Robinson Rentals Ltd [1967] 1 All ER 267 52
British Judo Association v Petty [1981] ICR 660 (EAT) 125
Burton v De Vere Hotels [1997] ICR 1 (EAT) 127
Butcher v Jessop 1989 SLT593 286
Caldwell v Maguire and Fitzgerald [2001] EWCA Civ 1054; [2001] PIQR 45 45, 49, 81
Caparo Industries v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605 88
Cassidy v Manchester City Council(unreported, 1995, Court of Appeal) 57
Cleghorn v Oldham (1927) 43 TLR 465 48

Condon v Basi [1985] 1 WLR 866; [1985] 2 All ER 543 (CA) 45, 57, 79, 84
Conn v Sunderland County Council [2007] EWCA Civ 1492 133
Cork v Kirby MacLean Limited [1952] 2 All ER 402(CA) 50
Couch v British Board of Boxing Control (unreported, 1998, Industrial Tribunal,
IT No 2304231/97) 125, 275
Craven v Riches [2001] EWCA Civ 375 73
Cunningham v Reading Football Club Ltd, The Times, 22 March 1991 75
Darby v National Trust [2001] EWCA Civ 189; [2001] PIQR 372 52
Day v High Performance Sports Ltd [2003] EWHC 197 (QB) 71
Day v 266 Operations Battery Royal Artillery and Brandon Hire (unreported,
11 March 1996, Queen’sBench Division, Rougier J) 54
Director of Public Prosecutions v Newbury and Jones[1977] AC 500 184
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 41, 66, 91
Dunbar v Jackson Hole Mountain Resort 392 F3d 1145 (10th cir 2004) 22
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