The Laws of Sports: fast and furious or stable and reliable?
13 Sep - 14 Sep 2023
Session information
Dispute resolution mechanisms for sports conflicts: what's the best fit?
Thursday 14 September (1400 - 1530)
Description
• Confronting the expectations of the user, counsel, arbitrator and centre: perspectives in sports disputes resolution, is everyone happy about the process and the outcome?
• Applying the rule of law versus applying the rule of the game: is the frontier clear or blurred?
• Who sits as arbitrators in sports disputes: are arbitrators good referees?
• Gender equality in sports dispute resolution: better or worse than in commercial arbitration?
• Conflicts of interest in sports arbitration: the same old story?
• Post World-Cup or Olympics construction disputes: are they all about delays?
• Other disputes at the crossroad of sports and commercial laws: the example of sponsorship cases.
• Sports and arbitration: the ideal doubles pairing?
• The arbitrability of sports law disputes: the case of employment contracts.
• Is there room for mediation between litigation and arbitration?
• Are national state courts a better forum for sports-related disputes?
• The specificity of internal dispute resolution mechanisms within international sporting federations.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Jalal El Ahdab | Bird & Bird LLP, Paris, France; Member, Mediation Committee Advisory Board |
Speakers
| Rui Botica Santos | CRA, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Xavier Favre-Bulle | Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva, Switzerland; Co-Chair, Arbitration Committee |
| Dalia Hussein | CRCICA, Cairo, Egypt; Membership Officer, Arab Regional Forum |
| Dr Abdulwahab Abdullateef Sadeq | National Sports Arbitration Tribunal (NSAT), Salmiya, Kuwait |
| Emma Selfe | Sultan Al-Abdulla & Partners, Doha, Qatar |
| Andrea Sherpa-Zimmermann | Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland |