&nbsp;What happens if the same legal issue, involving the same parties, are simultaneously filed in both a sports arbitral court and a national civil court?&nbsp;Generally, this legal issue is known as ‘<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lis_pendens#:~:text=Latin%20for%20%E2%80%9Csuit%20pending.%E2%80%9D,action%2C%20and%20until%20final%20judgment." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lis pendens</a>’<a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>,&nbsp;and in the context of international sports arbitrations context, it has been raised in ten decisions published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) <a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a>&nbsp;- although the panel only fully scrutinized the issue in three of them.<a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a>The most recent of those cases is Club Al Arabi SC v. Ashkan Dejagah (<a href="https://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/Shared%20Documents/6626.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2019/A/6626</a>), which concerned a dispute over compensation due under a prematurely terminated player contract that was filed in both the Qatar Civil Courts (by the club) and FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (by the player).&nbsp;This article analyses the case as it relates to lis pendens and the broader question of how CAS panels have approached the issue. Specifically, it looks at:<ul><li>The general definition of lis pendens</li><li>The regulations on lis pendens applicable to CAS proceedings</li><li>What constitutes "serious reason" / "substantive grounds”?</li><li>Key points from the Club Al Arabi SC v. Ashkan Dejagah decision</li><li>Lessons&nbsp;for practitioners What happens if the same legal issue, involving the same parties, are simultaneously filed in both a sports arbitral court and a national civil court?&nbsp;Generally, this legal issue is known as ‘<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/lis_pendens#:~:text=Latin%20for%20%E2%80%9Csuit%20pending.%E2%80%9D,action%2C%20and%20until%20final%20judgment." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lis pendens</a>’<a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>,&nbsp;and in the context of international sports arbitrations context, it has been raised in ten decisions published by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) <a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a>&nbsp;- although the panel only fully scrutinized the issue in three of them.<a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court#_ftn3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a></li></ul>The most recent of those cases is Club Al Arabi SC v. Ashkan Dejagah (<a href="https://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/Shared%20Documents/6626.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2019/A/6626</a>), which concerned a dispute over compensation due under a prematurely terminated player contract that was filed in both the Qatar Civil Courts (by the club) and FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (by the player).&nbsp;This article analyses the case as it relates to lis pendens and the broader question of how CAS panels have approached the issue. Specifically, it looks at:<ul><li>The general definition of lis pendens</li><li>The regulations on lis pendens applicable to CAS proceedings</li><li>What constitutes "serious reason" / "substantive grounds”?</li><li>Key points from the Club Al Arabi SC v. Ashkan Dejagah decision</li><li>Lessons&nbsp;for practitioners&nbsp;</li><li> </li><li><a href="https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/item/how-cas-deals-with-lis-pendens-cases-filed-simultaneously-in-a-national-court" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Link to the full text on LawInSport website.</a></li></ul>

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