
Jessica van der Meer
Jessica is a barrister at 2 Temple Gardens. Her sports practice specialises in anti-doping cases (WADA and on a national level) covering all major sports. Since 2015 she has regularly represented athletes in (amongst other sports) British amateur cycling, internationally ranked ITF and Paralympic tennis players and national professional weightlifters contesting Anti-Doping Rule Violations or adverse analytical findings. Her expertise covers the full spectrum of anti-doping matters from contesting whereabouts failures to disputing the presence of prohibited substances (ranging from anabolic steroids to cocaine and elevated testosterone levels in a female athlete). Jessica is an appointed arbitrator to the Sports Resolution UK Development Member Panel.
Outside of Chambers, Jessica is a keen cyclist, a world loppet enthusiast (having completed the Engadin ski marathon), long distance runner and an experienced rower, having represented the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) in the women’s eight internationally.
Crossing The Line - Reflections On The Salazar, Brown & Nike Oregon Project Scandal
Published Wednesday, 27 April 2022.
Why are athletes held to a higher standard than medical professionals in anti-doping? Contrasting the Gil Roberts case and Team Sky scandal
Published Wednesday, 21 March 2018.