ABU DHABI, 20th October, 2022 (WAM) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Alternative Hearing Centre at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), organised a programme for training and qualifying lawyers in sports disputes, to be delivered by a group of local and international experts and specialists in the legal, judicial and sports fields.
The programme, organised in cooperation with the UAE Sports Arbitration Centre (UAESAC) and Abu Dhabi Sports Council, extends over a period of four days from 24-27 October at the ADJD.
This training programme comes within the framework of CAS Alternative Hearing Centre’s strategy to consolidate the culture of arbitration, train the stakeholders supporting sports industry, including arbitrators, lawyers, mediators and conciliators in sports disputes, and to provide them with the knowledge, expertise and capabilities necessary for dealing with various cases, whether they are filed before national arbitration centres or before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Yousef Saeed Al Abri, Under-Secretary of ADJD, said that department is keen to train and qualify legal professionals to deal with sport-related cases, in line with the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Presidential Court, and Head of the Judicial Department, which aims to achieve leadership and excellence in providing various services in accordance with the highest international standards.
“The sports field is gaining momentum and paramount importance in the lives of peoples and societies, which requires us to keep pace with the recent developments in sports field and with the governing legislations that have a vital role in avoiding any issues that might negatively affect the integrity of events, hence ensuring the achievement of speedy settlement of disputes that may arise between athletes, both locally and internationally,” he added.
For his part, Ahmed Ibrahim Al Marzouqi, Executive Director of ADJD Administrative Support Sector, explained that organising such training programmes for lawyers in sports disputes comes within the approved training plan for 2022, which is designed to shed light on many topics related to sports law, and on the mechanisms of amicable settlement through arbitration.
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