Basketball Arbitral Tribunal Arbitration Rules 2025: What’s changed?

Friday, 10 January 2025 Author: Blaž Tomažin Bolcar

The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (“BAT”) has streamlined its dispute resolution process with small, yet very effective rule changes for 2025 in its BAT Arbitration Rules (“2025 BAT Rules”) ^[1].

For players, agents, and legal counsel operating in international basketball, these updates to notification procedures, submission deadlines, and payment protocols promise faster resolution of commercial disputes.

This article examines how the new BAT Rules will accelerate arbitration proceedings while maintaining their hallmark simplicity and cost-effectiveness.

The updated rules will also be of interest to those working in disputes resolution in sport.

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Blaž Tomažin Bolcar

Blaž Tomažin Bolcar is the founder of the law firm Bolcar. After completing his studies at the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana, he continued his education in the United Kingdom at DeMontfort University, where he specialized in sports law. Blaž is an arbitrator at European Handball Court of Arbitration. He is the co-founder and a member of the organising committee for LawInSport's Sports Law Arbitration Moot competition.