CAS Amends Its Rules

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has made the following changes to its rules:

Article S18
Main amendments to the Code of Sports-related Arbitration (2010 edition) CAS arbitrators and mediators will no longer have the possibility of acting as Counsel for a party before the CAS. If a CAS arbitrator nevertheless acts as Counsel before the CAS, his/her function as Counsel will not be called into question in the arbitration at stake. However, the ICAS will have the power to take particular measures towards him/her with respect to his/her function as arbitrator/mediator.

Article S20
Under certain conditions, it will be possible for the CAS to transfer an arbitration procedure from the Ordinary Division to the Appeals Division and vice-versa.

Article R31
The filing and the communication of exhibits attached to written submissions filed by parties may be made by electronic mail.

Article R32
A new provision allows the Arbitral Panel, or the Division President, to stay an ongoing arbitration procedure for a limited period of time.

Article R34
The power to settle petitions for challenge to an arbitrator is given to the ICAS Board, which may decide at its discretion to refer a case to the ICAS (plenum).

Article R37
In relation to an application for provisional measures, the Division President, if the Panel has not been constituted yet, may terminate the arbitration procedure if he rules that the CAS has manifestly no jurisdiction to decide the case at stake.

Articles R39 and R55
The Respondent may request that the time limit for the filing of the answer be fixed after the payment by the Claimant/Appellant of the advance of costs.

Articles R 40.3 and R54
The function of the ad hoc clerk to the Panel is now official in the Code.

For further information please visit the CAS website www.tas-cas.org