Emirates News Agency – Hearings in “CAS” and case journals prior to arbitration under the rehabilitation program in sports disputes

ABU DHABI, 25 October / WAM / The activities of the Qualification Program for Lawyers in Sports Disputes, organized by the headquarters of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Emirates Center for Sports Arbitration and the Abu Council sports in Dhabi, continues, with the participation of a group of experts and specialists in the legal and sports fields, in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, and President of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, with the aim of supporting leadership in service delivery and consolidating a culture of alternative solutions to conflict resolution.
Participants in the sessions of the second day of the training course held at the Abu Dhabi Department of Justice, (with remote availability, until October 27), the procedures and controls of hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and the drafting of forms before the Court of Sport and national refereeing centers, as well as the discussion on human rights in the sports field.
The director Omar Hassan bin Hanifa, a member of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Sports Council, addressed the tasks of the referees, which is to issue a final motivated, enforceable and non-contestable sentence except for nullity and in the specific cases provided for by art. . law, on the basis of data, papers, agreements and contracts concluded between the disputing parties, in When mediation is a solution to disputes through the agreement of the parties to reach a consensual outcome.
The lawyer and referee Antonio Rigozzi, one of the founding members of LKK, illustrated in detail the hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and the legal framework adopted for the examination of sports disputes, which guarantees the rights of all the parties in a fair and equitable manner, clarifying procedural and logistical issues, in particular relating to the determination of the rights of all parties in a fair and equitable manner The language, the deadline for the sessions and what the two parties agree on regarding the confidentiality of their call.
For his part, Counselor Dr. Mohamed Samir, Judicial Inspector at the Judicial Department – Abu Dhabi, touched on human rights in the field of sport and the importance of addressing any form of discrimination, which would affect the practice of sporting activities, guaranteeing at the same time equality and respect as sanctioned by international pacts Focusing on the use of sport as a tool to promote coexistence, understanding and peace at the international level.
Teran Gunawardena, Principal Partner at Mills & Reeve law firm – UK, spoke about the controls for drafting appeals before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the terms and requirements of an arbitration appeal and the procedures for a request. of regular arbitration, and has provided a series of advice that lawyers must follow, the most important of which is to respect the deadline for the appeal, specified within 21 days, preparing defense briefs and pleadings according to the laws in force and applicable to the dispute, examine the matter of jurisdiction to consider arbitration at the beginning of the dispute, dividing the main and subsidiary claims and defenses, and providing evidence, without exaggerating the financial claims.

For his part, Dr. Moataz Afifi, legal advisor to the Emirates Center for Sports Arbitration, reviewed the legal arrangements for drafting appeals before the Emirates Center for Arbitration and similar national centers in Arab countries, with clarifications on the procedural rules for arbitration requests for resolve various sports disputes in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and even issue the decision of the arbitral tribunal.