Sports Court of Arbitration

Sports Court of Arbitration, also known as the Court of Arbitration for Sport, abbreviated as CAS or TAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport), is an international arbitration tribunal Dispute resolution in the field of sport. The seat of the Court is in Lausanne, Switzerland; The Court's divisions are located in New York and Sydney, and the Court is temporarily located in Olympic cities if the need arises.

Originally designed by the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samarancha as the dispute resolution agency for the Olympic Games, the Sports Court of Arbitration was created as part of the IOC in 1984.

10 years later, CAS's case was filed with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, challenging CAS's impartiality. The Swiss court found CAS to be a genuine arbitration court, but pointed to the existence of many unfavorable links between CAS and the IOC. In response, CAS has made changes to become independent of the IOC, both organically and financially. The biggest issue was the creation of the International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) to manage and finance the CAS, replacing the two IO roles so far.

In general, a dispute may be presented to the CAS only in cases of prior arbitration between the parties appointing the CAS as the determining authority. At present, all international sports federations, apart from one and many national Olympic committees, recognize the jurisdiction of the CAS, by including in their statutes the to arbitration by CAS.

All CAS judges are outstanding judges, and CAS itself stands in the high definition of the international sports community. Arbitrators come from 55 countries and over 155.

Currently, most of the recent issues considered by the Sports Court of Arbitration concerned transfer fees in professional football or doping. Bibliography

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