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Agency definition

What does Agency mean? Agency describes the legal relationship by which one person (the agent) is authorised to affect a principal’s legal relations with third parties, typically by entering contracts or performing other legal acts on the principal’s behalf. It is a common law concept developed mainly through case law across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, with sectoral statutes in specific contexts (for example the Commercial Agents Regulations, the Partnership Act 1890 and companies legislation). Key features include authority (actual—express or implied—and apparent/ostensible), the principal’s ability to be bound or acquire rights through the agent (including by ratification),...

2015 WADA Code (Archived): Practitioner Overview of Anti-Doping Rule Violations, Testing, Sanctions, Appeals, Compliance and Implementation

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is not maintained. More recent versions of the WADA Code are available on the WADA website.

Purpose of the WADA Code

The World Anti-Doping Code (the Code) applies to every sport and harmonises anti-doping regulation across sport. The Code sets out a framework for anti-doping policies, Rules and regulations for sports organisations and public authorities.

Key features of the Code

Adoption of the Code by the Olympic Movement is required (see Practice Note: Sports arbitration—an introduction)
only sports that adopt and implement the Code can be included in the programme of the Olympic Games
members of professional leagues and sports organisations outside the Olympic Movement must follow the Code when participating in events or tournaments run by organisations that have implemented the Code

The Code was significantly revised following resolutions passed by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Johannesburg, South Africa on 15 November 2013. Those revisions took effect from 1 January 2015. The revised Code is not retroactive except for articles 10.7.5 (statute of limitations extended to ten years in cases of multiple anti-doping rule violations) and...

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Laurence Burger

A graduate of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), the University of Paris II - Assas and Columbia Law School in New York, Laurence Burger focuses on international arbitration (commercial, sports and investment), international and cross-border litigation, and Swiss commercial law. Mrs Burger has practiced in the US, France and Switzerland and uses this broad experience to best benefit her clients. She is admitted to the Geneva and New York bars and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is also the Chair of the European Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators....

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