The former Court of Appeal judge who helped expose corruption at the IAAF #34

In 2014 Michael Beloff QC, Chair of the Ethics Commission of the IAAF, appointed The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Hooper is to investigate four individuals whose conduct in relation to the Russian marathon runner Lilya Shobukhova was alleged to be in breach of the IAAF Code of Ethics. He finalised the report in August 2015 and the individuals have subsequently been sanctioned by the IAAF Ethics Commission.

A copy of the decision and his report can be found at http://www.iaafethicscommission.org/ .

In this interview LawInSport’s CEO, Sean Cottrell, interviews Sir Anthony about the IAAF investigation including:

• His reflections on the IAAF investigation to these individuals
• How the role of whistleblowers in sport should develop
• How Ethics Commission of sports federations should structured and what powers they should poses
• The role of members states should play in fighting corruption in sport
• The role of independent investigators in gathering evidence to bring cases against those suspected of corruption
• The characteristics and expertise need to be an good independent investigator
• What he thinks sport can learn from this case