This article traditionally provides an overview on a selection of recent case law of the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) in relation to civil law appeals against arbitral awards of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning football-related disputes. The latest decisions of the SFT concern an employment-related case between a player and a club as well as a contractual dispute between two clubs. The decisions provide, inter alia, further clarity on the exact scope of possible grounds of appeal to the SFT and the SFT's view on "forced arbitration" in sports-related disputes.
Sports law practitioners are, as always, well-advised to carefully follow developments in the case law of the SFT in order to understand the full extent of the parties' rights and the legal remedies available in the context of arbitration proceedings.
Decision SFT 4A_476/2020 of 5 January 2021[1]
Overview
On 5 January 2021, the SFT delivered a judgment concerning an employment-related dispute between a professional football player (Appellant) and a club (Respondent) regarding outstanding payments. The particularity of the present case lies in the fact that the club,...
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