The Centre Court Jurist

In this article the Centre Court considers the  Hartem Ben Arfa   (Ben Arfa) claim from a South African point of view. Can a professional athlete in a team sport bring such a claim and on what basis? If yes, would such a claim succeed? We close off by looking at possible ways to avoid such a situation from both the clubs' and athletes' point over view. 1 - What’s the Ben Arfa lawsuit fuss about? Last week it was reported that Ben Arfa  had lodged a lawsuit   against his former club Paris Saint-Germain FC (“PSG”)  for  £7 million  (about R123 million) allegedly for loss of earnings and “discrimination and workplace harassment” . It is reported that Ben Arfa was entitled to performance bonuses in addition to his basic salary. Following injury woes and alleged bad blood between him and PSG, Ben Arfa spent the last 15 months of his contract on the sidelines training with the reserve side. Reports further say Ben Arfa claims that PSG did everything to crack him and force him