Gareth Farrelly, a solicitor and former professional footballer, has been appointed as a Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator, effective from 2019 until 2022.

Mr Farrelly, a litigation and sports lawyer with North West UK law firm, Bermans, has been officially appointed to settle disputes at the CAS, concerning the decisions of federations, associations or other sports-related bodies on an international level.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international quasi-judicial body which settles disputes associated with sport through arbitration. CAS has around 300 arbitrators from 87 countries with specia...