Swiss Arbitration Decisions

This decision of June 20, 2008 was an appeal against a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sports of December 4, 2007. The case involved clubs in Argentina and Spain. A well known player was transferred for a large amount of money and a claim was made for a solidarity contribution based on FIFA Regulations. The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber rejected the claim and the Court of Arbitration for Sports upheld the decision.

The case involved an appeal against a partial award issued on January 31, 2008 by an arbitral tribunal sitting in Geneva, with Sebastien Besson as chairman.

The dispute revolves around an industrial complex in Qatar where a company incorporated in Cyprus undertook to perform certain dredging work. A contract to that effect was signed on November 9, 2002. The contract is governed by Swiss law and it contains an ICC arbitration clause.

The case involved a sports arbitration in Lausanne, in which two Argentinean agents had been entrusted with negotiating the transfer of a player to the Spanish club Real Madrid. The transfer was not completed due to a negative medical report. The agents filed a claim with FIFA for fees, which was rejected. On February 29, 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (“CAS”) upheld the dismissal of the claim. The CAS arbitral tribunal was chaired by Prof. Massimo Coccia with Mr. D.

The case Federaciòn Española de Bolos ("FEB") v. Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs ("FIQ") and Federaciò Catalana de Bitllesi BowlingFederaciò Catalana de Bitllesi Bowling ("FCBB") involved an application made by FCBB to be admitted as a member of FIQ, whilst the FEB, as the Spanish Federation, was already a member of FIQ.