The opinion which is of very little interest involved arbitral proceedings with regard to a sponsorship contract for a cycling team. In a July 25, 2011 award, an ad hoc arbitral tribunal found that the sponsor was not entitled to terminate the sponsorship... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/request-for-revision-rejected-by-the-federal-tribunal-the-set-of/
This quite interesting opinion involved two arbitrations. The first was a BIT arbitration which led to an award of July 1st, 2009 ordering the state concerned (the Kingdom of Thailand) to pay € 29.21 million to a German company pursuant to the BIT between... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/federal-tribunal-rejects-request-for-revision-facts-that-were-kn/
This very interesting decision was issued by the Federal Tribunal on April 30, 2012.
Whilst the names of the Parties are blanked out in the opinion, several reports (particularly on www.law.com) were published as a consequence of the importance of the... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/request-for-revision-of-an-icc-award-rejected-the-petitioner-mus/
The case is mildly interesting and it involves revision of an international arbitral award.
Hearing a dispute between two football clubs with regard to training compensation for a player, the Dispute Resolution Chamber of FIFA(“DRC”) issued a decision... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/dismissal-of-an-untimely-request-for-the-revision-of-an-arbitral/
This decision of the Swiss Supreme Court is the third in the matter of the Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde Belmonte.
As you may remember, there was a first decision dated October 29, 2010. The first Belmonte decision was quite interesting because it... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/no-appeal-against-a-decision-rejecting-a-request-for-interpretat/
Whilst all international arbitration opinions of the Swiss Federal Tribunal are worthy of interest, this one is unlikely to be the most fascinating you will ever read !
The case dates back to October 6, 2010 and the opinion arrived on the website of th... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/request-for-revision-of-a-cas-award-rejected-no-legal-interest/
The matter of the well-known German speed skater Claudia Pechstein was already the object of a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) award of November 25, 2009, which was appealed to the Federal Tribunal.
The appeal was rejected and I sent you the Engli... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/revision-of-cas-award-rejected-no-newly-discovered-facts-or-sign/
The case involved a well-known German jump rider whose horse tested positive for Capsaicin during the riding competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Hong-Kong. Capsaicin is an irritant, which produces a burning sensation on any tissue and it is basica... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/factual-findings-by-cas-not-reviewed-by-federal-tribunal-conditi/
The case involved a Russian racing cyclist, Vladimir Gusev and a Belgian Company, Olympus SARL. Olympus hired Gusev for two years on November 15, 2007 and the contract was governed by Swiss law. On July 23rd, 2008, Olympus terminated the contract, allegin... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/request-for-revision-rejected-degree-of-proof-of-violation-of-du/
The decision is certainly a historic one. For the first time ever, the Swiss Supreme Court has decided to accept a petition for revision and order an international arbitral award annulled because the arbitrators were fraudulently misled. Evidence was add... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/revision-of-award-accepted-arbitral-tribunal-misled-by-evidence-/
The case involves an attempt at obtaining revision of an award of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of April 16, 2008, in which the sole arbitrator rejected a claim for a commission on the transfer of a football player. Revision was sought on the b... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/renunciation-to-appeal-revision-of-award-within-time-limit-to-ap/
The case involved a request for revision of an arbitral award issued on August 7, 2007 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ("CAS") with three arbitrators sitting, Luigi Fumagalli, Jose Juan Pintó Sala and Chairman Jan Paulsson. The award was not appeale... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/arbitrators-independence-not-affected-by-his-membership-of-a-spe/
The case involved a petition to the Federal Tribunal for the revision of an international award issued by Swiss arbitrator Martin Bernet in Zurich on February 23, 2007. As you know, Swiss case law has determined that the revision of international awards f... http://www.praetor.ch/arbitrage/request-for-revision-of-an-arbitral-award/
