You may be correct, what we have here is in essence a grievance and a disciplinary, while the two are nothing to do with each other, the processes are similar, so for example if the PL dismiss the `Tyranny of the majority`and City pursue it, it would affect the way the PL independent panel look at all the evidence supplied by the PL.
like wise the PL charged City with 22 charges, this also has an effect, it sets precedence in, the PL did not inform/investigate City at the time, it allowed financial gain to go past end of business, it also had fines being multiplied on the same charge. So the PL panel is like the UEFA case in that it does not need evidence/proof to find City guilty, and City have put pressure on the PL Panel to only look at evidence/proof just like they did with CAS.