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Matter

Coady v Yachting Victoria Inc

Applicable rules
Racing Rules of Sailing · ISAF Regulation 35 (Disciplinary Reviews and Appeals Code)
  1. 10 December 2014Arbitration

    10 December 2014Arbitration

    Report of the International Jury

    Decision summary
    The International Jury's protest decision scored boat AUS109 disqualified in races 4, 5 and 6; the subsequent misconduct process excluded the boat and disregarded its scores for the regatta.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Paul Coady
    Institution
    Institutional administrator
    World Sailing International Jury

    10 years, 5 months and 4 days later · 3808 days

  2. 14 May 2025Arbitration

    14 May 2025Arbitration

    Order of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in C6767/2020 dated 14 May 2025

    Decision summary
    The Tribunal struck out the proceeding under section 77(1) of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic) for want of jurisdiction arising from federal jurisdiction. Paul Coady was given 45 days to seek referral to a Victorian court with federal jurisdiction; absent such an application, the case file was to be closed.

    Supporting details

    6 participants
    Paul Coady
    Yachting Victoria Inc
    Representative
    C O’Neill (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Representative
    Macpherson Kelley (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Representative
    N Verbeek (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Other
  3. 14 May 2025Australia

    14 May 2025Australia

    Jurisdictional ruling of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in C6767/2020 dated 14 May 2025

    Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

    Case no.
    C6767/2020
    Citation
    Coady v Yachting Victoria Inc (Civil Claims) [2025] VCAT 427
    Decision summary
    The Tribunal held that the civil proceeding, which challenged the 2014 Sail Melbourne regatta arrangements and related arbitral processes, raised a matter under Commonwealth law and therefore fell within federal jurisdiction. VCAT lacked jurisdiction to hear it and struck out the proceeding under section 77(1) of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic), granting liberty to seek referral to a Victorian court under section 77(3).

    Supporting details

    23 authorities · 11 participants
    Paul Coady
    Yachting Victoria Inc
    Representative
    C O’Neill (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Representative
    Macpherson Kelley (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Representative
    N Verbeek (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Representative
    Anthony Gooch (For: Yachting Victoria Inc)
    Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
    Other
    Witness
    Turnbull
    Witness
    Papantonio
    Witness
    Bell

    Authorities cited

    23
    • Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic)
      statute
    • Commonwealth Constitution, Ch III, s 76(ii)
      statute
    • International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth)
      statute
    • Australian Consumer Law (Cth), Sch 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
      statute
    • Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic)
      statute
    • Sex Discrimination Act
      statute
    • Burns v Corbett ((2018) 265 CLR 304)
      case-law
    • Citta Hobart Pty Ltd v Cawthorn ([2022] HCA 16; (2022) 276 CLR 216)
      case-law
    • Thurin v Krongold Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd ([2022] VSCA 226)
      case-law
    • An v Australian Broadcasting Corporation ([2024] VSC 518)
      case-law
    • Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s Subscribing To Policy Number P0003310PI2016AU0 v Shangri-La Construction Pty Ltd (In liq) ([2024] VSC 556)
      case-law
    • Hanssen Pty Ltd v Owners of Strata Plan 58161 ([2024] WASCA 87)
      case-law
    • Dawn v Carlisle Homes Pty Ltd ([2025] VSCA 58)
      case-law
    • Fencott v Muller ((1983) 152 CLR 570)
      case-law
    • CGU Insurance Ltd v Blakeley ([2016] HCA 2; (2016) 259 CLR 339)
      case-law
    • Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally ([1999] HCA 27; (1999) 198 CLR 511)
      case-law
    • Palmer v Ayres ([2017] HCA 5; (2017) 259 CLR 478)
      case-law
    • Agtrack (NT) Pty Ltd v Hatfield ([2005] HCA 38; (2005) 223 CLR 251)
      case-law
    • Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd ([1980] HCA 32; (1980) 145 CLR 457)
      case-law
    • Carlton Football Club Ltd & Williams v Australian Football League & Ors ([1997] VicSC 209)
      case-law
    • Australian Football League v Carlton Football Club Ltd ([1998] 2 VR 546)
      case-law
    • Paul Coady v World Sailing and Yachting Victoria (CAS 2017/A/4959)
      case-law
    • Richard Garnett, ‘Arbitration of Cross-Border Consumer Transactions in Australia: A Way Forward?’ (Sydney Law Review, Vol 39:569 (2017))
      academic
  4. Date not availableArbitration

    Date not availableArbitration

    ISAF Disciplinary Commission panel decision

    Decision summary
    The ISAF disciplinary process addressed an alleged gross breach of good manners and sportsmanship arising from Mr Coady's conduct during and after the 9 December 2014 protest hearing and produced a disciplinary ruling.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Paul Coady
    Institution
    Institutional administrator
    ISAF Disciplinary Commission panel
  5. Date not availableArbitration

    Date not availableArbitration

    Paul Coady v World Sailing and Yachting Victoria

    Decision summary
    The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed Paul Coady's appeal from the World Sailing Review Board decision.

    Supporting details

    4 participants
    Paul Coady
    World Sailing
    Yachting Victoria Inc
    Institution
    Institutional administrator
    Court of Arbitration for Sport
  6. Date not availableArbitration

    Date not availableArbitration

    World Sailing Review Board decision

    Decision summary
    The World Sailing Review Board decided the appeal from the sailing disciplinary process; the subsequent Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal was dismissed.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Paul Coady
    Institution
    Institutional administrator
    World Sailing Review Board

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