STRETFORD v FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LTD

[2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 31

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Lord Justice Waller and Lord Justice Sedley

Arbitration - Licence granted to agent on terms of Football Association Rules - FA Rules containing arbitration clause excluding right of appeal - Agent seeking declaration that disciplinary proceedings brought by FA were null and void - FA seeking stay of judicial action in reliance on arbitration clause - Whether arbitration clause consistent with article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights - Arbitration Act 1996, section 9.