Jurisprudence of the SFT in Appeals Against CAS Awards – Issues related to jurisdiction, ISLR, Issue 2/2011, Sweet & Maxwell, pp. 37-48
Published in CAS Bulletin 1/2010, p. 41-50
The 2009 World Anti-Doping Code (2009 WADC) foresees the sanction of ineligibility for life in various provisions and for various violations of the anti-doping rules. In most cases, a life ban is not a so-called “standard” sanction, but the adjudicating instance enjoys a certain degree of flexibility. In this respect, according to Article 10.3.2, for trafficking or attempted trafficking, administration or attempted administration of prohibited substance or prohibited method, the period of ineligibility is a minimum of four years up to lifetime ineligibility, unless the conditions for establishing a reduced sanction are met.
The broadly known Brussels Convention has for a very long time had a monopoly on issues related to jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters for the EC Member States. Following the success of the Brussels Convention, the Lugano Convention was adopted twenty years later, i.e. in 1988, as its counterpart for matters arising between and EC Member State and an EFTA Member State (except Lichtenstein) as well as between EFTA Member States alone.
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