1. THE PARTIES

1.1. The Appellant, Mr Alexander Peternell, is a 30-year-old South African Event Rider. He is the third-highest ranked South African rider (at number 164 with 76 points) in the Fédération Equestre Internationale (‘FEI’) Olympic Athletes Ranking – Eventing (‘the FEI Rider Rankings’).

1.2. The First Respondent is the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (‘SASCOC’). The main business of SASCOC is to promote and develop high performance sport as defined in the National Sport and Recreation Amendment Act, No 18 of 2007 in the Republic of South Africa, as well as to act as the controlling body for the preparation and delivery of Team South Africa as defined in the Sport and Recreation Amendment Act, at all multi-sport international games including, but not limited to, the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, the World Games and the All Africa Games.

1.3. The Second Respondent is the South African Equestrian Federation (‘SAEF’), formerly the South African Equestrian Council (‘SAEC’), which is the domestic federation recognised by the FEI in South Africa. The SAEF has a number of local associations which are affiliated to it and which represent the various different equestrian disciplines, including the South African Equestrian Association (‘SAEA’) which is responsible for the administration of Eventing in South Africa. The SAEA were not a party to these proceedings.

1.4. The Interested Party is Mr Paul Hart. He is a 45-year-old South African Event Rider. He is the fifth-highest ranked South African rider (at number 442 with 5 points) in the FEI Rider Rankings.