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Swiss court breaks new ground on public policy
Premium article - July 07, 2010
For the first time since the Private International Law Act came into force in 1989, a Swiss court has overturned an award on the grounds that it violated public policy - in a dispute between two major European football clubs.
World Cup-themed conference focuses on Africa
Premium article - June 25, 2010
A conference held by the ICC UK on 8 July will appeal to those with an enthusiasm for African arbitration and the World Cup.
Brazil v Rest of World
Premium article - June 22, 2010
ICCA RIO: A group of practitioners brought arbitration tactics to the football field in a "friendly" pitching Brazil against the rest of the world. Alison Ross reports.
Is ICCA too big?
Premium article - June 22, 2010
The surroundings were sparkling; the programme less so, say some. Was this year's ICCA Congress in Rio de Janeiro just too big?
End of the road for Romanian footballer?
Premium article - June 18, 2010
The Swiss Federal Court's dismissal of Adrian Mutu's attempts to set aside a Court of Arbitration for Sport award has left the footballer with little option but to pay his former club, Chelsea FC, more than €17 million in compensation for breach of contract.
Brazil v Rest of World
Premium article - May 26, 2010
ICCA conference, Rio de Janeiro: A group of practitioners brought arbitration tactics to the football field in a "friendly" pitching Brazil against the rest of the world.
CAS division declines to hear skater's appeal in Vancouver
Premium article - February 19, 2010
German speed-skater Claudia Pechstein will not participate in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver after members of the ad-hoc division of CAS arbitrators hearing disputes at the games ruled they lacked jurisdiction to review her doping ban.
America's Cup arbitration: what went wrong?
Premium article - February 19, 2010
This week Swiss defender Alinghi lost to US challenger BMW Oracle in the 33rd America's Cup. Earlier, it had been decided that the New York courts trounced arbitration as the forum for deciding disputes related to the contest, concluding two years of legal battles. Are the two outcomes linked and should CAS be used to determine disputes in the future? Laurence Burger of Tavernier Tschanz tells the story.
CAS ice hockey ban reversed by Swiss court
Premium article - January 06, 2010
A German ice hockey player has avoided a two-year ban for refusing a random doping test, after Switzerland's highest court took the rare step of annulling a Court of Arbitration for Sport award.
Tunisian moot team: "This is the Olympics for law students"
Premium article - April 08, 2009
For the first time, a team from the Maghreb is competing at the Vis moot. The team told Global Arbitration Review how they've gone where no other Tunisian law students have been, and about the part played by the ICC and Dechert LLP.
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