Biography
Dr Laura Donnellan, LLB, LLM, PhD, Lecturer in Law (FG-005)
Laura Donnellan teaches European Union Law and Sport and the Law. She has published in the areas of drug testing and the rights of athletes, elder law, the regulation of football agents, TV rights in Irish football, EC competition law, horse racing, and animal welfare in the EU. Laura is the author of Sport and Law: A Concise Guide (Blackhall Publishing, 2010), the 2nd edition of Sport and the Law will be published by Clarus Press at the end of the year. As well as several articles in international law journals. She is a Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Animals Ethics and a Consulting Editor for The Journal of Animal Ethics (published by the University of Illinois). Laura is currently an external examiner for Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in Property Law, Succession Law, Equity and Trusts, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law and Procedure. She has co-written Sports Law in Ireland with her colleague Dr Susan Leahy (2nd ed. Kluwer, 2017). She is currently writing the 3rd edition.
Research Interests
Sport and the Law; EU Competition Law and IPR, Law and the Elder, Animal Welfare, Animals in Sport
Teaching Interests
Lecturer in European Law, Sport and the Law and Comparative Property Law
Publications
Book
Sports Law in Ireland
Donnellan L, (with Leahy S)
Sports Law in Ireland
Donnellan L, and Leahy S,
Sport and the Law A Concise Guide
Donnellan L,
Book Chapter
Animal Welfare in the European Union: The Cosmetics Regulation
Laura Donnellan
The European Union: Policies, Perspectives and Politics
Bestiality and the law: A form of animal protection or protection of public morals? A need for reform-animals as victims of sexual abuse
Donnellan L.
Animal Welfare: Assessment, Challenges and Improvement Strategies
R v Countryside Alliance'
Donnellan L,
Contribution to Landmark Cases and Decisions in Sports Law
TV Rights in Irish Football'
Donnellan L,
TV Rights and Sport: Legal Aspects
The Regulation of Football Agents in Ireland'
Donnellan L,
Player's Agents Worldwide: Legal Aspects
'The Law Reform Commission's Proposals on Law and Older People'
Donnellan L,
Older People in Modern Ireland: Essays on Law and Policy
Conference Contribution
Animal Law, Ethics and Policy
Laura Donnellan
Horses in Culture Society and Law
Laura Donnellan
ICEL Sports Law Seminars: Women in Sport
Laura Donnellan
Horses in Culture Society and Law
Laura Donnellan
Society of Young Solicitors Annual Conference
Donnellan L
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
Laura Donnellan
National Critical Lawyers Group Conference
Laura Donnellan
30th International Congress on law and Mental Health
Laura Donnellan
Other Journal
The transfer of race horces between the United Kingdom, Ireland and France: the 2014 reforms
Laura Donnellan
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
A Storm in a Tea Cake? Lees of Scotland Ltd & Thomas Tunnock Ltd v. HMRC
Laura Donnellan
Business Law Review
'Sports Governance in Ireland'
Donnellan, L
International Sports Law Journal
'Three-Dimensional Trade Marks: The Mars and Lindt Cases'
Donnellan, L
European Intellectual Property Review
'The GAA Disciplinary Procedures and Player Reinstatement'
Donnellan L,
Sports Law Administration and Practice
'Drug Testing in the Gaelic Athletic Association'
Donnellan L,
Sports Law Administration and Practice
'Restraint of Trade in Sport: A Comparative Analysis'
Donnellan L,
Sports Law Administration and Practice
'Fair Procedures in Anti-Doping Cases'
Donnellan L,
Sports Law Administration and Practice
'The Right to Privacy and Drug Testing: An Irish Perspective'
Donnellan L,
Sports Law Administration and Practice
Other Publication
'COVID-19: Its Impact on Horseracing in Britain and Ireland'.
Laura Donnellan
British Horse Racing: New Senior Steward at the Jockey Club
Laura Donnellan
Horseracing: Hayley Turner and the Improper Use of the Whip!
Laura Donnellan
On Ascribing Personhood to All Primates
Laura Donnellan
DOI: DOI: 10.5406/janimalethics.8.1.0103
The Movement of Racehorses: The Tripartite Agreement and Brexit
Laura Donnellan
Irish Derby: Dubai Duty Free Extends Sponsorship
Laura Donnellan
Women in horseracing: More hurdles to jump!
Laura Donnellan
Franchising and Horseracing: A new departure
Laura Donnellan
Horseracing: The transfer of racehorses and a hard Brexit
Laura Donnellan
The Tripartite Agreement on the Transfer of Racehorses & Brexit
Laura Donnellan
'Horse Racing: The Jockey Club posts 2016 annual turnover of £191.5 million!' (Sports and Taxation, 28 April 2017)
Donnellan L,
Sports and Taxation
'Qatar Racing and Breeders' Cup in Sponsorship Exchange' (Sports and Taxation, 28 January 2017)
Laura Donnellan
Sports and Taxation
'Zoophilia and the Law: A Form of Animal Protection or Protection of Public Morals? A Need for Reform' (Criminal Justice in Ireland, 8 April 2016)
Laura Donnellan
Criminal Justice in Ireland
'Mixed Martial Arts (MMA): Legal Issues by Laura Donnellan' (Asser International Sports Law Blog, 26 April 2016)
Donnellan L,
Asser International Sports Law Blog
'Racing.com's acquisition of rights to broadcast Hong Kong racing: A False Start?' (Sport and Taxation, 8 June 2016)
Donnellan L,
Sportandtaxation.com
'32Red Sponsors British Horseracing: Do Betting Companies Undermine the Corinthian Ideals of Sport?' (Sports and Taxation, 7 September 2016)
Laura Donnellan
Sportandtaxation.com
'Channel 4 hands over the broadcasting reins to ITV' (Sports and Taxation, 6 December 2016)
Donnellan L,
Sportandtaxation.com
'The transfer of race horses between the United Kingdom, Ireland and France' (The Economics of Sport, 24 April 2014)
Donnellan L,
The Economics of Sports
'Godolphin New Market Racing Stables Horse Doping Scandal' (Sports and Taxation, 24 April 2013)
Donnellan L,
Sports and Taxation
'Peter Sankoff & Steven White, (eds.) Animal Law in Australasia A New Dialogue (New South Wales: The Federation Press, 2009)'
Donnellan L,
Journal of Animal Ethics
'Brian Luke's Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals'
Donnellan L
Between the Species
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15368/bts.2008v13n8.8
'Nappier and Wheat's Recovering Damages for Psychiatric Injury (2nd ed.) (2003)'
Donnellan L,
University of Limerick Law Review
Peer Reviewed Journal
Trademarks and Phrases in Sport: Whose Line is it anyway?
Laura Donnellan
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
The Cat and Dog Fur Regulation: A Case Study on the European Union's Approach to Animal Welfare
Donnellan, L
The Liverpool Law Review
DOI: 10.1007/s10991-018-9208-z
Equestrianism: Allegations of misgovernance at the British Equestrian Federation
Laura Donnellan
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
Sports' Governance in Ireland: The Irish Amateur Boxing Association and its Fraught Relationship with Sport Ireland'
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
'Dispute Resolution in Irish Sport: The Courts as Reluctant Interlopers'
Donnellan L,
Entertainment and Sports Law Journal
DOI: 10.16997/eslj.195
Glanders in Horses: Biosecurity Precautions taken at the Rio Olympics'
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
Fox Hunting and Developments in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Part Two'
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
Fox Hunting and Developments in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century: Part One'
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
The Transfer of Race Horses between the United Kingdom, Ireland and France: The 2014 Reforms'
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
'Sowing the poppy seeds of doubt: recent failed drug tests in British Horseracing
Donnellan L,
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
A Storm in a Tea Cake? Lees of Scotland Ltd & Thomas Tunnock Ltd v. HMRC'
Donnellan L,
Business Law Review
Horse Racing and Animal Welfare: A Time for Reform'
Donnellan L
Global Sports Law and Taxation Reports
Sports Governance in Ireland'
Donnellan L,
International Sports Law Journal
Three-Dimensional Trade Marks: The Mars and Lindt Cases'
Donnellan L,
European Intellectual Property Review
IRELAND
Donnellan, L,Blackshaw I,Cornelius, S,Siekmann, R
Players' Agents Worldwide: Legal Aspects
'Gender Testing at the Beijing Olympics'
Donnellan L,
J. British Association Of Sport And The Law
Gender Testing at the Beijing Olympics
Donnellan, L
J. British Association Of Sport And The Law
IRELAND
Donnellan, L,Siekmann, RCR,Parrish, R,Martins, RB,Soek, J
Players' Agents Worldwide: Legal Aspects
'Animal Testing in Cosmetics: Recent Developments in the European Union and the United States'
Donnellan L,
Animal Law Review
'Recent opportunities to revisit the doctrine of Essential Facilities'
Donnellan, L; Eaton, S
Commercial Law Practitioner
Recent opportunities to revisit the doctrine of Essential Facilities EC Competition law
Eaton, S; Donnellan, L
Commercial Law Practitioner
"Drug Testing In Sport: Are Athletes? Rights Pipped At The Post?"
Donnellan, L
University Of Limerick Law Review
'The Extraterritorial Reach of Antitrust Laws: A Comparative Analysis'
Donnellan, L
Hibernian Law Journal
Published Report
Country Reports-Ireland, Study on the Equal Treatment of Non-Nationals in Individual Sports Competitions
Donnellan L, (as local expert)