CAS 2019/A/6087 Club Sportif Sfaxien v. José Paulo Sousa da Silva
Court of Arbitration for Sport · Sports (CAS) · International (Switzerland) · 04/02/2020
Why it matters
Club Sportif Sfaxien v. José Paulo Sousa da Silva, 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 held inadmissible. 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
Club Sportif Sfaxien v. José Paulo Sousa da Silva: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 04/02/2020. The Court held that the appeal was held inadmissible. The full award is available from CAS.
The detail
Parties: Club Sportif Sfaxien v. José Paulo Sousa da Silva
Case number: CAS 2019/A/6087
Outcome: Inadmissible
Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.
Issues in play: a contractual dispute
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