Mr David J.A. Cairns (1961)

Attorney-at-law (United Kingdom / New Zealand) Eng/Sp
Madrid / Spain

Ph.D, LLM, LLB. Arbitrator; Former Partner at B. Cremades y Asociados; Lawyer and International Arbitrator (international commercial and investment arbitration); Former Adjunct Professor, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (2004-2011).

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Mr Timothy J. Castle (1949)

Barrister-at-law (New Zealand) Eng
Wellington / New Zealand

Barrister in private practice in New Zealand since 1973; Chair, Drug Free Sport New Zealand; First Vice-President (Board member), New Zealand Olympic Committee; Board member, New Zealand Sports Foundation; Chairman, New Zealand Prime Ministers 2000 Task Force; Member of the CAS ad hoc Division at the Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, 1998 and Manchester, 2002; Chair of an independent Review of the New Zealand Elite Rugby League Team (Kiwis) performance during the 2017 Rugby League World Cup; Governance Board Member of Drug Free Sport New Zealand and Chair of the Pacific Games Sports Tribunal.

Prof. Dr. Jens Evald (1961)

Professor (Denmark / New Zealand) Eng
Aarhus / Denmark

Dr. of Law, Professor (Sports Law); Former Head of Sports Law Research Unit, Institute of Law, Aarhus University; Former Member of the Board of the Institute of Sport (1998-2007); Former Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Committee, Danish Kayak & Canoe Federation (2000-2019); Former Vice Chairman Danish Sports Law Association (2001-2005); Former Chairman of the Board of Anti-Doping Denmark (2006-2012); Co-draftsman of the Ethics Code for Danish Competitive Sport (2007); Former Member the Political Commission, Danish Football Association (DBU) (2016-2017); Former Chairman of the Ethics Committee, the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark; CAS Member (2015- ); Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (2018); Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division at the Asian Games, 2023, Hangzhou, China; Member of the CAS Anti-Doping Division at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, 2024 (remote).

Mr David Fraundorfer (1981)

Solicitor (United Kingdom / New Zealand) Eng
Tauranga / New Zealand

LLB, BCom; Admitted as Barrister/Solicitor High Court of New Zealand; Admitted as Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; Barrister and trial lawyer; Former Partner and Head of Litigation at Holland Beckett Law; Member of Sports Tribunal Assistance Panel; Representation of athletes and sports clubs in various matters before the NZ Sports Tribunal.

Ms Sarah Grimmer (1976)

Solicitor (New Zealand) Eng/Fr
Singapore / Singapore

LLM University of Cambridge; Arbitrator at Twenty Essex (2022- ); Former Secretary General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (2016-2022); Former Senior Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2006-2016); Former Vice-President and Executive Committee member of the Hong Kong Netball Association (2020-2022); Former international player for the Netherlands in touch rugby.

Mr Ian Hunt (1959)

Barrister & Solicitor (New Zealand / United Kingdom) Eng
Christchurch / New Zealand

Barrister & Solicitor, Left Bank Chamber, New Zealand; Solicitor, England and Wales; Former Partner, Young Hunter Lawyers, Christchurch; Director High Performance Sport New Zealand; Represented New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) (2007-2009); Former Member, FINA Ethics Panel (2013-2017); Former Director, Swimming New Zealand (2012-2014).

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Dr Leanne O'Leary (1974)

Solicitor (New Zealand / United Kingdom) Eng
Ormskirk / United Kingdom

PhD LLM (Hons) University of Dublin, Trinity College Law School; Assistant Professor/Solicitor Maynooth University (2025- ); World Netball Governance Committee Member (2017- ); International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Ethics Commission (2023- ); Premier League Judicial Panel (2019- ).

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Judge Lee Spear (1951)

Judge (New Zealand) Eng
Hamilton / New Zealand

Judge of the District Court of New Zealand (1995- ); Judge of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu (2011-2013); International (FISA) Rowing Umpire (2007- ); Competition Director of World Rowing Championships (2010); President of the Oceania Rowing Confederation (2014- ); FISA's Continental Representative for Oceania and member of FISA Council (2014- ).

The Honourable Christopher Toogood (1949)

Judge (New Zealand) Eng
Auckland / New Zealand

Acting Judge of the High Court of New Zealand; Deputy Chair New Zealand Sports Tribunal; Counsel and legal advisor to New Zealand Rugby.