The use of mediation procedure in dispute resolution processes of the UEFA Financial Control Body and the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Ekaterina A. Shabalina

doi:10.21638/11701/spbu14.2018.105

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Ekaterina A. Shabalina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu14.2018.105

Abstract

The article analyzes the practice of applying mediation in the field of sports conflicts in the framework of dispute resolution in the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The article presents research of issues that have become subjects of mediation in the field of sports, including analysis of the cases of successful application of mediation and the identification of the reasons for failed or unsuccessful attempts to settle the dispute with the help of an intermediary. The authors note mediation is represented as a way of resolving various sports disputes ranging from claims arising from contractual obligations to the requirements for control and application of disciplinary measures, none of which are particular to the conciliation procedures according to the general rule. This thereby reflects a number of features of mediation within the framework of sports conflicts.

Keywords:

sports mediation, sports law, sports conflict, Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, procedural rules governing the UEFA Club Financial Control Body

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