A review of Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cases in recent years reveals the growth in football-related international arbitration involving English clubs. Recent leading cases include Le Havre v Newcastle United & Charles N’Zogbia, Heart of Midlothian v Andy Webster & Wigan Athletic and Chelsea v Adrian Mutu. These cases often involve high-value claims or are of real importance to the sport globally. Dispute resolution in football is now a significant player in international arbitration.
International football’s system of dispute resolution is derived from the statutes and regulations of the sport world’s governing body, FIFA. FIFA’s arbitral tribunals are intended to provide the means by which the interests of participants in football are protected, and by which the competing interests of players and clubs are balanced, within the circumstances specific to professional football. This system attempts to reserve the broadest possible jurisdiction for FIFA and its national associations to preside over football’s disputes, and to give the CAS a supervisory jurisdiction.
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