FEI Judicial Committee Meeting

Source :  FEI

The FEI Judicial Committee held a one-day meeting on 11 December 2002,
in Geneva (SUI). The Chairman and all members were present as was the
FEI Secretary General, FEI Veterinary Department Manager and the FEI
Legal Manager.

A lengthy hearing took place during the morning of the meeting and
several other judicial cases were reviewed. All decisions will be
published in the FEI Bulletin in due course.

FEI judicial procedures were discussed and a representative from the
FEI’s Swiss legal advisers made a very interesting presentation on this
subject. A question and answer session took place which provided some
helpful general guidelines for the Committee.

The Secretary General referred a fact-finding report on the two
Endurance horse fatalities at the WEG 2002 to the Judicial Committee for
a preliminary review from a judicial point of view. The report had been
compiled following the event by Prof Leo Jeffcott, Chairman of the FEI
Veterinary Committee, Dr Hallvard Sommerseth, Chairman of the FEI
Endurance Committee, Dr Frits Sluyter, Head of the FEI Veterinary
Department and Mr Michael Stone, FEI Sports Director. Based on the
preliminary review of the report, the Judicial Committee requested that
two separate files be compiled and that further information and
testimonies be solicited from the key persons involved. Two separate
judicial cases would then be commenced as per FEI General Regulations
Art. 165.