Sport Law & Arbitration

Representing provincial and national sports associations, governing associations, athletes, administrators and officials in Manitoba and beyond, Taylor McCaffrey LLP helps clients with their governance and to obtain binding appropriate resolutions of disputes involving sport. We assist clients with arbitration, mediation and counseling for matters related to personal injury, insurance, human rights and sexual assault, contract breaches and defamation.

Jeff Palamar is a seasoned Sport Law lawyer who hears cases as an arbitrator under the Sport Dispute Resolution Code of Canada.

Ryan Savage is the Past President of Boxing Canada and a former National Team athlete. He has combined his passions of sport and law to successfully advocate on behalf of many athletes and national and provincial sports organizations. Ryan has also been involved in numerous hearings before Sport Dispute Resolution Code of Canada arbitrators.

Jamie Jurczak's experience in employment law, occupational health and safety law, and human rights law lends itself well to the various issues arising in sport and affecting athletes of all disciplines.  Her interest in sport arises from her extensive background in dance, as well as past experience coaching gymnastics.  In addition to owing her own dance studio, she is an avid cross-country skier, enjoys distance running, and plays Ultimate.

Ian Duncan primarily practices in the area of civil litigation. Ian has utilized his litigation experience, which includes experience in advocacy, dispute resolution, mediation and contract interpretation, in concert with his passion for sports to advocate for clients navigating maltreatment in sport cases and sport related disputes.