Industry: Hospitality & leisure

Montenegro hires Three Crowns for hotel dispute

Montenegro has instructed Three Crowns to defend it in an LCIA case over a failed €210 million project for a Ritz-Carlton hotel development.

23 September 2024

Rivkin addresses CAS media storm at IBA

David W Rivkin used an appearance at the IBA annual conference to criticise press coverage of the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s recent decision against Jordan Chiles – rejecting allegations that the US gymnast did not receive a fair hearing.  

20 September 2024

CAS publishes Gharavi award amid media storm

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has published a controversial award that saw US gymnast Jordan Chiles stripped of her Olympics bronze medal and caused a fierce media backlash against the institution and issuing tribunal – as the US team alleges that CAS did not provide it with conflict-of-interest disclosures made by chair Hamid Gharavi.

15 August 2024

Swiss panel rules on Russian sponsorship of Formula 1 team

A Swiss tribunal has ruled on a Russian fertiliser producer’s claim against US Formula 1 racing team Haas over a sponsorship agreement that was terminated in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. 

26 June 2024

Maldives politician pays Hilton after Singapore contempt ruling

A Maldivian politician’s company has paid more than US$20 million to a Hilton affiliate to satisfy an ICC award after he was held in contempt of court by a judge in Singapore for failing to pay on time. 

16 May 2024

GAR Live Riyadh: “giga projects mean giga challenges” 

A panel at the first-ever GAR Live Riyadh discussed potential disputes arising from Saudi Arabia’s trillion-dollar Vision 2030 development programme, as parties navigate issues caused by its unprecedented scale and complexity. 

15 April 2024

CJEU ruling heralds clash between EU law and sports arbitration

Practitioners have been reacting to a decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union that mandatory CAS arbitration provisions in the rules of an international sports federation may clash with EU competition law.

05 January 2024

Tennis star appeals doping ban to CAS

The former world number one tennis player Simona Halep has appealed against her four-year ban for doping offences at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.  

25 October 2023

Bermuda court aids Trump entities in Panama hotel dispute

Subsidiaries of the Trump Organization have persuaded a first-instance court in Bermuda to appoint a receiver over the profits from a Marriott hotel in Panama so that they can collect on an ICC award.

19 October 2023

Spanish contractor pursues Gabon over stadium award

A Spanish infrastructure company has asked a US court to enforce a €12.5 million ICC award against Gabon over a failed project to upgrade a football stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations.

13 October 2023

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