CAS 2006/A/1123 & 1124 Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson v. Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 18/12/2006
Why it matters
Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson v. Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson, a contractual dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. For a student, it is a worked example of how CAS enforces contracts in sport, between clubs, players, agents or federations, applying the relevant regulations and Swiss law.
Summary
Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson v. Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 18/12/2006. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson v. Al Gharafa S.C., Paulo Cesar Wanchope Watson
Case number: CAS 2006/A/1123 & 1124
Outcome: None
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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