Industry: Hospitality & leisure

An UNCITRAL tribunal has ordered Ukraine to pay €7.5 million in damages to an Estonian company over a ban on gambling businesses that was imposed “overnight”. 

18 May 2021

A full recording of our GAR Connect Moscow Workshop can be found here. 

14 May 2021

An ICSID tribunal has rejected a €10 million claim against Hungary brought by a Jordanian investor in a boutique hotel who alleged he was denied due process in liquidation proceedings.

23 April 2021

Fox Corporation has filed a JAMS claim against a Dublin-based bookmakers’ group over its planned purchase of a multibillion-dollar stake in a sports betting brand.

08 April 2021

The High Court in London has dismissed Newcastle United’s bid to disqualify prominent sports lawyer Michael Beloff QC from chairing its arbitration against the English Premier League over an aborted £340 million takeover of the football club by a Saudi-backed consortium.

08 March 2021

On International Women's Day, Mark Mangan, Ananya Mitra and Miranda Elvidge of Dechert in Singapore look at the use of arbitration to correct gender discrimination in sports and as a force for achieving greater diversity in society, with reference to aspiring football leader Mariyam Mohamed's recent CAS appeals, in which they acted. 

08 March 2021

The Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld an award on liability that led to a Manila gaming resort owner being ordered to pay US$296 million to a Las Vegas casino operator – rejecting allegations that the successful party and its counsel fraudulently misled the tribunal. 

19 February 2021

Argentine footballer and Juventus striker Paulo Dybala has settled an ICC arbitration worth around €35 million with his former agent over image rights, a dispute that reportedly scuppered potential moves to English clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

26 January 2021

A tribunal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport has found that Asia’s football body discriminated against female candidates during elections for seats on the FIFA council – and its failure to properly investigate alleged third-party interference amounted to a denial of justice.

25 January 2021

A Swiss court has overturned a CAS award that handed a Chinese swimmer an eight-year doping ban – finding that the tribunal chair, former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini, had shown bias in tweets criticising Chinese dog meat eating practices and referencing skin colour.

15 January 2021