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That’s exactly how I see it. They may have even back channeled with the PL to ensure that every conceivable allegation that could ever be made is included so that when we prevail there is no way we can be seen as being “guilty” of anything. For me it’s the only sensible reason as to why the...

I disagree. But then Stefan disagrees with me.

CAS had no choice we admitted a failure to cooperate. We will absolutely defend the charge on this occasion. I think We have a chance of being successful as well.

If it was presented at CAS by Etihad or ADUG then it was not presented by us. It was not therefore our Discovery to make. If Etihad or ADUG provide documents to the panel that is not MCFC the member of the PL’s failure to provide.

I genuinely believe that it is very difficult for the PL to make a case for failing to cooperate prior to the final Court hearing. It is entirely appropriate within English Law to have a Discovery dispute tested in Court prior to providing the information requested. It is not therefore a failure...

I don’t think so. It’s a combination of machine gun darts to ensure that at least something sticks and an attempt to cover issues not dealt with at CAS. The construction of the PL rules means that a broad number of rules are allegedly breached as opposed to the broader brush charges dealt with...

I think it was a gamble by the PL to get a deal that missed its mark. They clearly did not anticipate our owners desire to clear their name which no deal could realistically achieve.

I entirely agree with this. I have been involved with many lawsuits on both sides of the Atlantic where the case presented seemed poorly thought out and even inept. After initially being concerned that there was some clever strategy at play that I just couldn’t see, I resorted to a phrase told...

Not sure I agree with all of that. If it is a duplicate of a scenario you have already succeeded upon before an independent panel, further your clients are not simple laymen but extremely sophisticated business people, experienced in both international and local business and politics… no matter...

I suggest You review the CAS judgment for an understanding of how unreliable the DS leaked emails are…

However that contract was in place, as I understand it prior to him even interviewing for the City job. Makes a mockery of your theory if I am Correct… which I usually am.

That’s down to the Chairman. For Employment Tribunals in the Uk there is usually a lawyer, someone from the Unions and an experienced Business Owner/CEO. It works as the view is balanced by an independent legal arbiter who will guide the issues of law.

Which is exactly why I am less convinced than many on here that we will take the failure to cooperate charge lying down this time.

I think It was fairly well known that deal was in place prior to him becoming manager for us. It was not a secret in the industry.

We did provide info from third parties including Etihad at CAS as it was helpful. I have no doubt the same material will be produced by those same third parties to the panel.

Saved me the time. Although of course Mrs Blair is a KC as well.

It is different. In CAS we didn’t provide anything until it got to CAS. We stated we didn’t cooperate and CAS had no choice but to fine us for the non cooperation we admitted. Here we cooperated and provided what we believed to be relevant documents. When they asked for non specific or non...

However the Al Jazira contract is nothing to do with Man City, it was between AJ and Mancini. We have no documents that relate to that contract. We cannot therefore provide them nor be accused of failing to provide them successfully.

Absolutely. There are all sorts of mitigating factors. Relevance is a huge one, also we cannot be forced to provide documentation that doesn’t exist or for which we are not the custodian of records. There are Etihad and Etisalat documents for example that may be relevant but are in their...

I’m fairly sure I made this exact point several times many 100’s of pages ago. This is exactly how I said it might play out.