The Jurisprudence of the Swiss Federal Tribunal on Challenges against CAS Awards

The article analyses the jurisprudence of the Swiss Supreme Court related to the appeals against the awards issued by international arbitral tribunals of the Court of Arbitration for Sport seated in Lausanne. In particular, the analysis focuses on the five different grounds for annulment provided by Swiss private international law: 1) irregular constitution of the arbitral tribunal, 2) jurisdiction wrongly retained or declined, 3) adjudication ultra, extra or infra petita, 4) violation of due process, and 5) violation of public policy