CAS 2016/A/4501 Joseph S. Blatter v. FIFA

CAS 2016/A/4501 Joseph S. Blatter v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Date of the decision: 2016-12-05

Arbitrator(s): Manfred Peter Nan Patrick Lafranchi Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall

CAS Considerations:

1. Pursuant to the legal principle of tempus regit actum or non-retroactivity, procedural matters are governed by the regulations in force at the time of the procedural act in question. The prohibition against retroactivity is a fundamental principle of Swiss law and forms part of international public policy (ordre public). An exception in this respect may however be if more recent regulations than the one in force at the time of the violation are more favourable to the...

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