Peternell and lawyers speak of last-minute court win
South African eventer Alexander Peternell, whose belatedly inclusion inward his country’s Olympic squad resulted from an appeal to the world’s leading courtroom for sporting disputes, has spoken of the legal activity that got him to London.
“I am thrilled to live fulfilling a life-long ambition, to get got secured the chance to compete at the Olympics,” the four-star eventer said.
“It is amongst nifty pride that I shall produce so, exactly my option is tinged amongst sadness, given that it required an intense legal challenge to deliver it.
“It has larn increasingly frustrating exactly straightaway at final I can, albeit amongst exclusively hours to spare, compete for my country.”
Peternell expressed his thank yous to his legal squad from Pinsent Masons for their operate on what he described equally complex sporting regulatory issues.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) inward Lausanne, Switzerland, ruled this week that the South African Sports Confederation too Olympic Committee (SASCOC) too the South African Equestrian Federation (SAEF) had erred inward selecting Paul Hart instead of Peternell, who bases himself inward Britain.
The courtroom ordered that Hart’s option live fix aside, opening the means for Peternell’s Olympic inclusion equally the sole South African passenger at the Games.
A CAS panel, chaired yesteryear President Stuart McInnes, upheld Peternell’s assertion that he satisfied SASCOC too SAEF eligibility criteria too that nether the option policy for the South African eventing squad too the 2012 Olympic Games he should get got been selected to stand upwards for South Africa rather than Hart.
Peternell hence had to bring business office inward a 2nd hearing earlier this week’s ruling was made inward his favour.
Peternell is the begin South African passenger to get got competed at Burghley, too the exclusively South African to get got completed both Badminton too Burghley.
The Pinsent Masons legal squad advising Peternell was led yesteryear its global caput of sport, Trevor Watkins, too litigation partner Sarah Boon, assisted yesteryear Andrew Herring too Charlotte English.
Watkins expressed his delight at the win inward the case, exactly continued: “I get got never witnessed equally extraordinary a illustration equally this, where at that topographic point has been flagrant disregard for due procedure leading upwards to the claim too hence inward accepting CAS decisions.
“National regime are required to bring sporting regulations seriously; it is frustrating for all involved that Alex had to resort to legal procedure inward the begin place.
“If the proper processes had been followed we’d never get got had to exceed away to court.
“It is bitterly disappointing to witness how this has played out exactly encouraging though, that the robustness of the legal framework surrounding the Olympics too the Court of Arbitration for Sport achieved the correct number inward the end.
He continued: “We are seeing an increasing number of decisions testing sport eligibility rules. The importance of governance, the commercial rights values inside sport too increasing private awareness of both, underpins how the global concern of sport continues to grow.
“It is a sector that nosotros volition proceed to invest inward both nationally too internationally.”
Boon added: “I get got known Alex for many years too was pleased to larn the number he needed.”
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