CAS 2015/A/4288 El Jaish Sports Club v. Giovanni Funiciello
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 28/04/2016
Why it matters
El Jaish Sports Club v. Giovanni Funiciello, a contractual dispute in basketball decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. 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
El Jaish Sports Club v. Giovanni Funiciello: a contractual dispute in basketball before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 28/04/2016. The Court held that the appeal was partially upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: El Jaish Sports Club v. Giovanni Funiciello
Case number: CAS 2015/A/4288
Outcome: Partially Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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