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In this new entry of bratschi's blog series on sports arbitration, Marco and Emile summarize and briefly comment on the decisions of the Swiss Federal Court (SFC) in sports arbitration published in December 2023 and January 2024. All of the decisions relate to awards of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS):
In this new entry of Bratschi's blog series on sports arbitration, Marco and Mariana summarize and briefly comment on the decisions of the Swiss Federal Court (SFC) in sports arbitration published in July 2023. Five decisions relate to awards of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) (including one decision that annulled a CAS award) and one to an award of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT):
Die Appeals Arbitration Division (Berufungskammer) des Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ist zuständig für Berufungen gegen Entscheide von Sportverbänden, -vereinen, -organisationen sowie auch von nationalen Sportschiedsgerichten, insofern eine Schiedsvereinbarung vorliegt. Da die internationalen Sportverbände zumeist Schiedsklauseln in ihren Verbandsstatuten haben, ist die Appeals Arbitration Division praktisch die Hauptberufungsinstanz im internationalen Sport geworden (insb. betreffend Dopingstreitigkeiten). Aufgrund dieser, ja fast einzigartigen, Funktion in der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit sind unterschiedliche Literaturmeinungen der Ansicht, dass die Berufungskammer des CAS die Veröffentlichungspraxis ihrer Entscheide überarbeiten sollte.[1]
We are pleased to announce that our partner Marco Vedovatti has been appointed to the Sport Resolutions International Panel.