CAS 2011/A/2331 FC Rapid Bucuresti v. Philippe Léonard
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 07/07/2011
Why it matters
FC Rapid Bucuresti v. Philippe Léonard, a contractual dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. 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
FC Rapid Bucuresti v. Philippe Léonard: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 07/07/2011. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: FC Rapid Bucuresti v. Philippe Léonard
Case number: CAS 2011/A/2331
Outcome: Dismissed
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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