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12
May
2023
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William STERNHEIMER
Ben CISNEROS
CAS
Article
International
Football Legal # 18

The Football Legal Aid Fund – Access to Justice?


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Introduction

[1] The prohibitively high cost of litigation has long been a thorn in the side of aggrieved parties. Arbitration was thus introduced as a cost and time-efficient solution.

For several years, FIFA has offered financial support to ‘natural persons’ in proceedings before its judicial and disciplinary bodies, including discharging procedural costs and appointing pro bono counsel to applicants who cannot afford representation. However, for many of football’s stakeholders, subsequent appeal proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) remained...

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  • CAS proceedings
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
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