CAS 2016/A/4741 Vasco da Gama v. Pedro Cabral Silva Junior
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 18/04/2017
Why it matters
Vasco da Gama v. Pedro Cabral Silva Junior, 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 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
Vasco da Gama v. Pedro Cabral Silva Junior: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 18/04/2017. The Court held that the appeal was upheld. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Vasco da Gama v. Pedro Cabral Silva Junior
Case number: CAS 2016/A/4741
Outcome: Upheld
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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