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Materiell överprövning av beslut fattade inom Svensk Travsport - En undersökning av travsportens domstolsinstanser mot bakgrund av art. 6.1 EKMR

Brämberg, Line LU (2023) LAGF03 20232
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
Sports have a history of protecting their independence and self-determination when it comes to resolving internal disputes. The Swedish Trotting Association is no exception and applies, through its three courts, a form of private dispute resolution. The fact that sports resolve their own disputes has also been widely accepted by the national legal system. Caselaw from the Swedish Supreme Court indicates that a substantive examination of a dispute with connection to sport only can be done in exceptional cases. However, the Swedish Supreme Court departed from this in NJA 2001 s. 511 and conducted a substantive review of a dispute related to trotting. The justices were not unanimous, and there is still uncertainty about what applies.

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Sports have a history of protecting their independence and self-determination when it comes to resolving internal disputes. The Swedish Trotting Association is no exception and applies, through its three courts, a form of private dispute resolution. The fact that sports resolve their own disputes has also been widely accepted by the national legal system. Caselaw from the Swedish Supreme Court indicates that a substantive examination of a dispute with connection to sport only can be done in exceptional cases. However, the Swedish Supreme Court departed from this in NJA 2001 s. 511 and conducted a substantive review of a dispute related to trotting. The justices were not unanimous, and there is still uncertainty about what applies.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether the decisions made by the Swedish Trotting Association can be subject to substantive review by a court of general jurisdiction. To achieve this purpose, an examination is conducted to determine whether the private dispute resolution systems provided by Swedish Trotting Association meet the requirements of the right to a fair trial under Article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The essay concludes that Article 6.1 of the ECHR is applicable to disputes within trotting. Furthermore, it is found that the procedures in the Swedish Trotting Association’s committees do not meet the requirements set out in the article. Therefore, the proceedings in these committees do not adequately safeguard an individual’s right to a fair trial. A decision made by the Swedish Trotting Association could, considering this, be subject to substantive review by a court of general jurisdiction. The infringement it entails on the otherwise strong self-determination of the sports movement is partly countered by the fact that the starting point for the review continues to be that decisions made during or in connection with a competition are only rarely to be set aside. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Idrotten har länge värnat om sin självständighet och självbestämmanderätt vad gäller att lösa interna tvister. Svensk Travsport är inget undantag och tillämpar genom sina tre domstolar en form av privat tvistlösning. Att idrotten själva löser sina egna tvister har också varit vida accepterat av rättsväsenet. Tidigare praxis från Högsta domstolen pekar på att en materiell prövning av en idrottslig tvist endast kan göras i undantagsfall. Högsta domstolen frångick dock detta i NJA 2001 s. 511 och gjorde en materiell prövning av en tvist med koppling till travsporten. Domarna var inte eniga och det råder fortfarande osäkerhet kring vad som gäller.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om de beslut som fattas inom Svensk Travsport kan... (More)
Idrotten har länge värnat om sin självständighet och självbestämmanderätt vad gäller att lösa interna tvister. Svensk Travsport är inget undantag och tillämpar genom sina tre domstolar en form av privat tvistlösning. Att idrotten själva löser sina egna tvister har också varit vida accepterat av rättsväsenet. Tidigare praxis från Högsta domstolen pekar på att en materiell prövning av en idrottslig tvist endast kan göras i undantagsfall. Högsta domstolen frångick dock detta i NJA 2001 s. 511 och gjorde en materiell prövning av en tvist med koppling till travsporten. Domarna var inte eniga och det råder fortfarande osäkerhet kring vad som gäller.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om de beslut som fattas inom Svensk Travsport kan överprövas materiellt av allmän domstol. För att uppnå syftet undersöks om de privata tvistlösningssystem som Svensk Travsport tillhandahåller uppfyller kraven i på en rättvis rättegång enligt art. 6.1 EKMR.

I uppsatsen konstateras att art. 6.1 EKMR är tillämplig på tvister inom travsporten. Vidare konstateras att förfarandet i Svensk Travsports nämnder inte uppfyller de krav som ställs enligt artikeln. Prövningen i nämnderna tillgodoser därmed inte heller individens rätt till en rättvis rättegång. Ett beslut fattat av Svensk Travsport ska mot bakgrund av detta kunna prövas materiellt av allmän domstol. Intrånget det medför i idrottsrörelsens annars starka självbestämmanderätt motverkas delvis av att utgångspunkten för prövningen fortsatt är att de beslut som tagits under eller i anslutning till en tävling endast undantagsvis åsidosätts. (Less)
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Brämberg, Line LU
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LAGF03 20232
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Avtalsrätt, Civilrätt, Processrätt
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Swedish
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The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether the decisions made by the Swedish Trotting Association can be subject to substantive review by a court of general jurisdiction. To achieve this purpose, an examination is conducted to determine whether the private dispute resolution systems provided by Swedish Trotting Association meet the requirements of the right to a fair trial under Article 6.1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The essay concludes that Article 6.1 of the ECHR is applicable to disputes within trotting. Furthermore, it is found that the procedures in the Swedish Trotting Association’s committees do not meet the requirements set out in the article. Therefore, the proceedings in these committees do not adequately safeguard an individual’s right to a fair trial. A decision made by the Swedish Trotting Association could, considering this, be subject to substantive review by a court of general jurisdiction. The infringement it entails on the otherwise strong self-determination of the sports movement is partly countered by the fact that the starting point for the review continues to be that decisions made during or in connection with a competition are only rarely to be set aside.}},
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