Weekly Combine Newsletter: CAS releases bi-annual Bulletin and more

This week the Court of Arbitration for Sport ('CAS') published online the latest edition of their bi-annual Bulletin for the second half of 2021. The Bulletin provides updates on the Court's operations, journal articles and a rare influx of important decisions of CAS disputes.

In the Bulletin's editorial, CAS confirmed that their offices will be relocating to its new headquarters in Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne in March 2022 following the completion of the Winter Games. The Editor, Estelle de La Rochefoucauld, said the new headquarters are significantly more extensive, allowing them to effectively manage an increase in cases- almost 900 registered in 2021- they have received. According to the editorial, this increase means they will also be recruiting for new staff later during the year.

The Bulletin also features 11 'leading case' judgements (nine football and two doping) reflective of their casework and that had not previously been rendered publicly in their case database. Further, five summaries of the Swiss Federal Tribunal recent decisions connected with CAS matters and related to various sports are included.

Two scholarly articles are also featured in the Bulletin, one published in English and one in French. The first is titled 'Sports investigations in anti-doping matters', written by CAS Counsel Bjorn Hessert. The article details the make-up of investigations by anti-doping organisations, using the Sun Yang case as an example, and their consequences on athletes.

The second article, published in French, is about the role of defendants in arbitral proceedings before CAS and is co-authored by Pauline Pellaux, also CAS Counsel, and CAS Director-General Matthieu Reeb.

In the coming weeks, Sports Law Combine will produce articles relating to the most prominent previously unpublished awards and relevant decisions of the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

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