At the Dispute Settlement Hub, we provide independent, expert, and sport-specific dispute resolution services tailored to the unique needs of the sporting world. Whether you are an athlete, coach, club, governing body, or commercial partner, our services are designed to deliver fair, efficient, and cost-effective solutions that preserve relationships and uphold the integrity of sport.
Sports disputes often involve specialized rules, tight timelines, and reputational considerations. We offer a structured set of resolution options that allow parties to resolve issues without resorting to lengthy court litigation, while ensuring that outcomes are professional, enforceable, and tailored to the sporting context.
🔹 Sports Arbitration
Final and binding resolution of sports-related disputes by independent arbitrators with sector-specific expertise, including disciplinary matters, eligibility disputes, selection appeals, and commercial or contractual conflicts.
🔹 Sports Mediation
Confidential and facilitative mediation aimed at helping parties reach mutually acceptable outcomes while preserving professional relationships within the sporting ecosystem.
🔹 Disciplinary & Regulatory Hearings
Administration of independent hearings for breaches of sporting rules, codes of conduct, and ethics regulations, ensuring due process and procedural fairness.
🔹 Appeals & Review Mechanisms
Specialized dispute resolution frameworks for internal appeals arising from decisions of clubs, federations, leagues, or other sports governing bodies.
🔹 Sports Contracts & Commercial Disputes
Resolution of disputes relating to athlete agreements, sponsorships, endorsements, broadcasting, image rights, and other sports-related commercial arrangements.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Mediation Service provides the most advanced global rules
intended to assist parties and mediators to take maximum advantage of the flexible
procedures available in mediation for the resolution of disputes quickly and economically.
The Mediation Service guides parties that opt for Dispute Management Clauses in their
project contracts wherein the parties to the contract can jointly appoint a mediator to work
together, in a more collaborative and mutually beneficial environment and oversee that their
contracts proceed smoothly.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Arbitration Service is based on the most efficient
Arbitration Rules which help the parties and arbitrator to use the best available global
practice for the resolution of domestic and international disputes quickly and economically by way of administered arbitration on global standards.
Additionally, the Arbitration Service provides for the appointment of emergency arbitrators,
which allows the parties in need of emergency interim reliefs to make such applications even
before the constitution of the regular arbitral tribunal.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Conciliation Service provides an impartial, fast and
effective conciliation operating to a uniformly high standard in both the public and private
sector.
Participation in the Conciliation Service processes is voluntary, and so are the outcomes.Solutions are reached only by consensus whether by negotiation and agreements facilitated between the parties themselves or by the parties agreeing to settlement terms proposed by the Hub Conciliation Officer who treats as confidential all information received during the course of conciliation and the service is informal and non-legalistic in practice.
The ALP Conflict Resolution Hub Ombudsman Service is a confidential, impartial and
informal service that facilitates the resolution of disputes. A Hub Ombudsman helps parties
analyze problems and assists in identifying options and can, only if requested, become
involved in trying to resolve issues.
What’s more, the Hub Ombudsman Service alert managements to systemic trends and
issues and makes recommendations for necessary changes in their fields.