Conciliation is a formal, confidential, efficient and neutral proceeding for resolving disputes in Switzerland outside the ordinary courts system, under Article 213 of the Swiss Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO). Generally speaking, it is the first step in litigation in Switzerland. Conciliation is mandatory for most civil
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which will be observed on 21 March 2025, serves as a timely reminder of the broader fight against all forms of discrimination, including gender discrimination in sport. According to paragraph 4 of the Fundamental Principles of Olympism as
It has been announced that the Ice Lions of Kenya has become the fifth African team to be admitted to membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which has 84 members and is based in Zurich. Kenya has now joined teams from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
We are very pleased to announce that, with effect from 1 February 2025 Valloni, Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland, with its strong international legal practice and team of multilingual professionals, has expanded its boundaries and came to Milan! We are now able to offer Swiss legal
As noted in another Post on the website, women’s professional football in Europe and elsewhere is growing in popularity and this also applies to Italy. Italy was one of the first countries to host professional women’s football after European bans on women playing football came to
In the last several years, women’s professional football has continued to grow in popularity and claim fans in many parts of the world, not least in Europe, including Switzerland. It is a far cry from earlier times when women were not allowed to compete in
Sports Bodies, established as Associations in Switzerland, enjoy a unique regulatory framework, with a high degree of autonomy in relation to how they govern themselves and their sports. In fact, Swiss Association Law is based on the general principle of autonomy. This means that Sports Bodies
Further to our earlier Post on the website, it has been announced on 10 January 2025 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that the Appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency against the doping case acquittal of the Italian tennis player and currently ranked
As noted in a previous NEWS item on the website, safeguarding in sport is of increasing importance with many instances of exposure of sportspersons to a variety of unsafe situations and conditions in their sports that have come to light in recent times. Safeguarding may be
By Dr Lucien Valloni, Managing Partner, Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland Of the several sports cases dealt with by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (TFS), on appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), during last year, perhaps the most important one concerned the