CAS 2015/A/4172 Association of Unions of Football Players and Coaches v. Football Union of Russia
By an Arbitral Award dated 17 August 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport recognized that both – the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Russian Football Union’s Dispute Resolution Chamber were not independent and impartial, and annulled the election of the Deputy Chairman. The election of the Chairman was confirmed as the appeal was time-barred.
Brief facts
On 2 December 2013, the Executive Committee of the Football Union of Russia (FUR) adopted the current version of the FUR Dispute Resolution Regulations (DRR).
According to Article 7.4 of the DRR, members of the DRC may not “occupy the position of Executives of the Leagues and/or associations.”
Pursuant to Article 8.2 of the DRR, “In the event where a football club is a party to the dispute, as an Arbitrator – a representative of the professional football clubs may not be nominated a member of the Chamber nominated by the same League, to which the club – a party to the dispute is a member, and if the club – a party to the dispute shall have filed a motion with the Chamber to exclude nomination of Arbitrator nominated by the relevant League.”
On 2 July 2015, a meeting of the Russian Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) took place. During...
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