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This page includes legal commentary on recent decisions, arbitral awards, and legal developments relevant to Dr. Mavromati’s expertise.

Court of Arbitration for Sport Court of Justice of the EU European Court of Human Rights Swiss Federal Tribunal
On the limited scope of the ‘effet de surprise’ under the scope of the parties’ right to be heard – the case of the former President of the European Weightlifting Federation Hasan Akkus - www.sportlegis.com +

On the limited scope of the ‘effet de surprise’ under the scope of the parties’ right to be heard – the case of the former President of the European Weightlifting Federation Hasan Akkus

12 September 2024 | 3-min read
Requests for joinder and intervention under the CAS Code are not ‘essential rules’ falling within the scope of public policy - www.sportlegis.com +

Requests for joinder and intervention under the CAS Code are not ‘essential rules’ falling within the scope of public policy

12 August 2024 | 3-min read
Conflict of interests in sports administration and the (high) threshold to establish violation of public policy in sports disciplinary sanctions - www.sportlegis.com +

Conflict of interests in sports administration and the (high) threshold to establish violation of public policy in sports disciplinary sanctions

12 August 2024 | 2-min read
Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete and violation of public policy - www.sportlegis.com +

Proportionality of a doping sanction imposed on a minor athlete and violation of public policy

12 June 2024 | 4-min read
Football-related labour law disputes of ‘international dimension’ and jurisdiction clause in favour of state courts - www.sportlegis.com +

Football-related labour law disputes of ‘international dimension’ and jurisdiction clause in favour of state courts

6 May 2024 | 3-min read
European Convention of Human Rights invoked directly before the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a doping-related matter - www.sportlegis.com +

European Convention of Human Rights invoked directly before the Swiss Federal Tribunal in a doping-related matter

26 February 2024 | 4-min read
Decision to reduce a contractual penalty in a football-related dispute and right to be heard - www.sportlegis.com +

Decision to reduce a contractual penalty in a football-related dispute and right to be heard

5 February 2024 | 2-min read
Celerity of the CAS proceedings and violation of procedural public policy - www.sportlegis.com +

Celerity of the CAS proceedings and violation of procedural public policy

29 January 2024 | 4-min read
International sports dispute resolution in 2023 - www.sportlegis.com +

International sports dispute resolution in 2023

25 December 2023 | 12-min read
No violation of res judicata in case of an action filed before the national courts and a subsequent FIFA disciplinary procedure. - www.sportlegis.com +

No violation of res judicata in case of an action filed before the national courts and a subsequent FIFA disciplinary procedure.

23 December 2023 | 3-min read
Compilation of Swiss Federal Tribunal Judgments from 2023 - www.sportlegis.com +

Compilation of Swiss Federal Tribunal Judgments from 2023

19 December 2023 | 13-min read
SFT Judgment in FIFA’s motion to set aside the CAS award in the Yves-Jean Bart case - www.sportlegis.com +

SFT Judgment in FIFA’s motion to set aside the CAS award in the Yves-Jean Bart case

9 December 2023 | 5-min read
Right of a complainant to obtain the full decision in sports disciplinary proceedings - www.sportlegis.com +

Right of a complainant to obtain the full decision in sports disciplinary proceedings

9 December 2023 | 4-min read
Several extensions to issue the CAS award in a match-fixing case and impact on the arbitration agreement - www.sportlegis.com +

Several extensions to issue the CAS award in a match-fixing case and impact on the arbitration agreement

10 November 2023 | 2-min read
Late filing of the CAS statement of appeal due to non-established technical problems and excessive formalism - www.sportlegis.com +

Late filing of the CAS statement of appeal due to non-established technical problems and excessive formalism

10 October 2023 | 2-min read
Publicly available information and duty of curiosity in sports arbitration - www.sportlegis.com +

Publicly available information and duty of curiosity in sports arbitration

4 October 2023 | 5-min read
Ne bis in idem in disciplinary proceedings initiated at both the national- and the international level - www.sportlegis.com +

Ne bis in idem in disciplinary proceedings initiated at both the national- and the international level

6 September 2023 | 2-min read
Limits in the FIFA PSC Jurisdiction to hear Set-off Claims for Damages Against Contractual Claims in Football Transfer Disputes - www.sportlegis.com +

Limits in the FIFA PSC Jurisdiction to hear Set-off Claims for Damages Against Contractual Claims in Football Transfer Disputes

24 May 2023 | 6-min read
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