CAS 2014/A/3670-IA Traves Smikle v. Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 04/11/2014
Why it matters
Traves Smikle v. Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), an anti-doping case in athletics decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. For a student, it shows how CAS applies the World Anti-Doping Code: the athlete bears a heavy burden to explain an adverse finding, and CAS reviews both the science and the sanction afresh.
Summary
Traves Smikle v. Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO): an anti-doping case in athletics before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 04/11/2014. The Court held that CAS found it had no jurisdiction. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Traves Smikle v. Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO)
Case number: CAS 2014/A/3670-IA
Outcome: Jurisdiction denied
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: an anti-doping case
Read the full decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport ↗
Locus Standi links to the source decision and publishes its own plain-language summary. It does not reproduce the text of the award.