Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4775 Mersin Idman Yurdu Sk v. Club Unité FC d’Obala & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 8 May 2017 Panel: Mr José María Alonso Puig (Spain), President; Prof. Petros Mavroidis (Greece); Mr Manfred Nan (The Netherlands) Football Disciplinary sanction for failure to comply with a previous FIFA decision Standing to be sued with respect to disciplinary sanctions Scope of review at appeal level of a decision…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4774 Mersin Idman Yurdu Sk v. Universal Stars Club & FIFA, award of 8 May 2017 Panel: Mr José María Alonso Puig (Spain), President; Prof. Petros Mavroidis (Greece); Mr Manfred Nan (The Netherlands) Football Disciplinary sanction for failure to comply with a previous FIFA decision Standing to be sued with respect to disciplinary sanctions Scope of review at appeal level of a decision rendered by a disciplinary body Individualization…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4741 Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama v. Pedro Cabral Silva Junior, award of 18 April 2017 Panel: Mr João Nogueira da Rocha (Portugal), Sole Arbitrator Football Players’ agent involved in a settlement agreement Scope of application of the FIFA PAR Outstanding importance of the personal element in the relationship between an agent and his/her client Duty to avoid conflict of interests 1. The FIFA Players’ Agents Regulations (PAR)…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4736 Cruzeiro Esporte Clube v. Clube Atlético Paranaense, award of 30 November 2016 Panel: Mr Rui Botica Santos (Portugal), Sole Arbitrator Football Solidarity contribution Powers of the CBF to regulate the exercise of the right to training and/or solidarity mechanism compensation Interpretation of legal provisions Statute of limitation regarding claims for training and/or National Solidarity Mechanism compensation 1. Article 13 of the Pelé Law recognises the CBF as part…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4731 Marko Livaja v. FC Rubin Kazan, award of 26 June 2017 Panel: Mr Michael Gerlinger (Germany), Sole Arbitrator Football Compensation during an agreement to suspend an employment contract while on loan Interpretation of a contractual provision according to Russian law If legal texts – such as laws and contracts – are unclear or ambiguous, the need to interpretation arises. Interpretation describes the process of determining a provision’s objective…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4722 ACS Poli Timisoara v. Romanian Football Federation (RFF) & Romanian Professional Football League (RPFL), award of 2 March 2017 Panel: Mr Fabio Iudica (Italy), Sole Arbitrator Football Sanction against a club related to the promotion/relegation system of a national federation Interpretation of a rule Scope of the sphere of autonomy of an association Scope of CAS power of review 1. In principle, there is no need for interpretation…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4721 Royal Standard de Liège v. FC Porto (Player C.), award of 19 May 2017 Panel: Prof. Ulrich Haas (Germany), President; Prof. Luigi Fumagalli (Italy); Mr Mark Hovell (United Kindom) Football Training compensation Offer of contract or genuine and bona fide interest in retaining the services of the player Validity of an offer to enter into a contract under Swiss law Reception of non-picked up letter sent by registered…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4720 Royal Standard de Liège v. FC Porto (Player T.), award of 19 May 2017 Panel: Prof. Ulrich Haas (Germany), President; Prof. Luigi Fumagalli (Italy); Mr Mark Hovell (United Kindom) Football Training compensation Offer of contract or genuine and bona fide interest in retaining the services of the player Validity of an offer to enter into a contract under Swiss law Reception of non-picked up letter sent by registered…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4709 SASP Le Sporting Club de Bastia v. Christian Koffi N’Dri Romaric, award of 16 March 2017 Panel: Mr Fabio Iudica (Italy), President; Mr Didier Poulmaire (France); Mr Efraim Barak (Israel) Football Contractual dispute Recognition of the existence of a binding contract based on the presence of the contractual essentialia negotii in a document Essential requirements under French labour law for the validity of a contract of employment 1.…

Continua a leggere →

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2016/A/4705 Al Jazira Football Sports Company v. Cardiff City Football Club & Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), award of 19 January 2017 Panel: Mr Lars Hilliger (Denmark), President; Mr Michele Bernasconi (Switzerland); Mr Mark Hovell (United Kingdom) Football Disciplinary sanction for overdue payables in the context of a loan agreement Conditions for imposing a sanction for overdue payables Interpretation of the FIFA regulations Definition of “transfer agreement” 1.…

Continua a leggere →