IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room G, Level -1
Session information
Committee(s)
Mediation Committee
(Lead)
Description
Mediation has become a real alternative to court proceedings in many fields, from family law cases to large commercial disputes. Surprisingly, mediation is not a common form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in sports disputes. In general, such disputes are governed by various sports federations far away from public courts with arbitration as a main tool. The main questions that will be addressed in this session are: - Why is mediation still not common in the field of sports disputes, which is so independent from public courts and self governing? - How mediation in sports disputes can be developed? and - Is sports mediation needed and would it be used? The session will also focus on another issues: whether all sports disputes are capable of being mediated and, if so, who should conduct such mediations? Is there specific training and experience required for mediators of sports disputes? The session brings together sports mediators, arbitrators and lawyers working in the sports industry.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Tomasz Cyrol | Tomasz Cyrol Kancelaria Adwokacka, Kraków, Poland; Conference Quality Officer, Mediation Committee |
| Jalal El Ahdab | Bird & Bird LLP, Paris, France |
Speakers
| Jose Luis Andrade | European Club Association, Nyon, Switzerland |
| Jeffrey Benz | Benz Law Group, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Stanislaw Drozd | Wardynski & Partners, Warsaw, Poland |
| Stephen Drymer | Woods, Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Sabina Fasciolo | FIGC – Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, Rome, Italy |
| Nils Schmidt-Ahrendts | Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, Hamburg, Germany |
| Melanie Schärer | MS International Law, Other City, Switzerland |