FIFA: launch of the "Legal Portal" an online platform for managing legal procedures on 01/05/2022

"FIFA will launch the FIFA Legal Portal, an online platform which will enable football stakeholders - such as clubs, players, associations, intermediaries, law firms with a power of attorney, and anyone involved in proceedings - to lodge a claim with the relevant FIFA decision-making or judicial body and will gradually replace the current system of communication by email," announced the International Federation on 25/04/2022.

The platform - "through which proceedings before the FIFA Football Tribunal and FIFA judicial bodies will be conducted" - will be officially launched on 01/05/2022 and "will gradually replace the current system of communication by email," according to the body, which is continuing "its ongoing commitment to modernising FIFA's regulatory framework."

"While the proceedings will still be governed by the respective FIFA regulations, the notification of communications, submissions, decisions and other documents will be handled through the FIFA Legal Portal, which aims to ensure simple, secure and transparent communication between FIFA and the parties involved, as…