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Feel the same – even if this test investigation is true (looks true) he can plead ignorance of course by saying he doesn't know how that system works.

In effect, if his team + Serbian gov't manipulated the tests, I'm not sure what the recourse is, except for the Australian gov't to sue the Serbian gov't?

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If he delegates that declaration he still is responsible. That's the normal and perfect consequence of the concept of legal representation. You cannot just hand your duty over to others and then get away with anything. And honestly if there is one thing he must have known, regardless how many overpaid aids he employed, that is whether his test actually came back positive. So the struggle involves him rightly, not the Serbian government or whoever aided and abetted a wrong committed on Nov. Dj.'s behalf.

well if you go to the doctor and they mess up their timestamps or results, are you liable?

I am not sure how this applies in Djokovic's case? He isn't claiming that there are errors (made by others) in any of the papers he has provided, or is he?

P.S. But either way, of course it's he who is ultimately responsible, in the same way I'm responsible for the contents of my tax return, regardless of who prepares or files it on my behalf.

Fair point.

Ignorance of the law is no excuse (in most/all jurisdictions).

Australia's recourse would be to deny him entry.

If he committed fraud, they could arrest him and charge him criminally.

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