Awards granting moral damages are usually an exception and Swiss courts have usually adopted a modest and restrictive approach when it comes to these situations.
Facts/Procedure
On 1 January 2011, Mr Akhmetovic (the Appellant or the Player) signed an employment contract with the Club of FC Volga (the Club) which was effective until 31 December 2012. The Club only paid the first installment provided by the contract as “expenses for the moving to the job”. On 5 October, the Player sent a notice to the Club urging the Club to fulfil its economic and contractual obligations vis-à-vis the Player by 11 October 2012. On 21 December 2012, the Player notified in writing the Club that he was terminating their contractual relationship with effects from 22 December 2012.
After that, the Player initiated a number of proceedings against the various judicial bodies of the Russian Football Union (RFU). The time of some of the proceedings remained unspecified and he did not seek to obtain an order for the payment of the remaining instalments of the moving expenses at the same...
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