ALRUBIE V CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LTD AND ANOTHER

[2025] EWHC 541 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, David Quest KC, Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, 14 March 2025

Arbitration – Stay of proceedings – Whether the parties were bound by an arbitration clause – Horizontal arbitration Agreement – Indemnity costs – Arbitration Act 1996, section 9

A was a football agent. G was a director and employee of Chelsea, responsible for player contracts, until her resignation in September 2022. In July 2021 A approached G with an offer to introduce to Chelsea a club interested in buying Z, a player, from Chelsea.