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Sports arbitration—an introduction

This Practice Note gives an introduction to how arbitration is conducted in the sports industry. It sets out the structural organisation of sports, introducing the key bodies and the types of dispute that arise. It covers the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and describes illustrative examples of internal dispute resolution mechanisms at the national and international level in certain sports.

See Practice Note: Sports arbitration—an introduction.

The advantages and disadvantages of arbitration within the sporting context

This Practice Note examines arbitration

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