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04
Feb
2019
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CAS 2017/A/4977 Smouha SC v. Ismaily SC & Aziz Abdul & Club Asante Kotoko FC & FIFA


Date of the decision: 2019-02-04
Arbitrator(s): Manfred Peter Nan Mark Hovell Petros C. Mavroidis
See enclosed.
  1. The joint defendants remain independent from each other. The behavior of one of them, and in particular a withdrawal, a failure to appear or to appeal, is without influence upon the legal position of the others. As to the judgment to be issued, it may be different as to one of the joint defendants or the other. The independence of joint defendants will continue before the appeal body. A joint defendant may...

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