Blog posts by Rachel Corbett

Published February 11, 2007 A fundamental principle in employment law is that when terminating a contract without cause, an employer must give reasonable notice. This principle is not absolute however, as it does not apply to fixed-term con ...

Published February 11, 2007 by Rachel Corbett. Most working relationships in sport organizations are relationships of employment, governed by employment standards legislation. In some cases, however, individuals such as coaches may perform ...

Published October 2, 2006 Occasionally in this column we are able to write about actual sport cases. This is a treat, as normally we draw from general cases, extracting their principles and interpreting them in the sporting context. In this ...

Published September 1, 2006 It has been my observation that the business of amateur sport in Canada has become increasingly complex and sophisticated in recent years, yet the governance structures in place to lead amateur sport bodies have ...

Published May 7, 2006 In a recent issue of the newsmagazine The Lawyer's Weekly, we wrote about the changing landscape of sport as we move rapidly toward the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. We observed that sport in Canada has taken a decidedly ...

Published December 12, 2005 Unfortunately, there are times when coaches are the subject of serious complaints of misconduct. Most organizations have in place a discipline process for dealing with such complaints (and if they do not have a d ...

Published May 25, 2005 With a few exceptions, clients organizations come to the Centre for Sport and Law without a clear ideas of what they want or need. All they know is that they have a problem. The Centre for Sport and Law is a small com ...

Published January 24, 2005 [NOTE: An updated post on Criminal Records Checks was published in January 2016] Some years ago in this column we wrote about volunteer screening and police records checks, shortly on the heels of Sheldon Kennedy’ ...

Published January 11, 2005 More than ever before, coaches are aware of the risks and responsibilities they assume when they coach. These risks and responsibilities include those that are legal in nature. No matter what their certification l ...

Published December 11, 2004 When I began to work for the Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association, I had no idea what to expect. As a seasoned professional from the mainstream sports world, I anticipated the usual challenges that com ...