In the current issue (No. 38) of the Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), Germany’s highest-circulation legal journal, Dr Heiner Kahlert has published a case note on the ECJ ruling in the case of RFC Seraing v FIFA. He concludes that the ECJ has strengthened sports arbitration by confirming, in particular, that the (limited) review applicable to commercial arbitral awards also applies to awards issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seated in Lausanne.
