City launch legal action against the Premier League

[halfcenturyup]

Should these arbitration hearings be held in private?

Hard to argue with any of that. The sooner the better.

 

[Centurions]

Hard to argue with any of that. The sooner the better.

I'd say no myself, just let them get on with. Can you imagine our case (either of them) being made public? There would be so much confidential club information being redacted that you'd just have a bloody big black banner across the screen. Besides, it sounds like they'd quite like to commercialise it and charge for PPV.

As for "per the Leo Messi of Sports Law", give me a bucket.

 

[SilverFox2]

“The only reason City won the case was because they had expensive lawyers and the poor PL only had a local conveyancer. In addition, they scattered brown envelopes everywhere.”

Nothing new there I suppose pointless having money if you get in deep trouble for investing it without debt. Might as well give it away to get results.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I'd say no myself, just let them get on with. Can you imagine our case (either of them) being made public? There would be so much confidential club information being redacted that you'd just have a bloody big black banner across the screen. Besides, it sounds like they'd quite like to commercialise it and charge for PPV.

As for "per the Leo Messi of Sports Law", give me a bucket.

:) Yes, maybe arbitration heatings in public are a little too far. No reason not to release the award and the reasoning (suitably redacted) as a first step, though.

Ignore the "Messi of Sport's Law" thing. I didn't see that in the Blackstone Chambers bulletin :)

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

:) Yes, maybe arbitration heatings in public are a little too far. No reason not to release the award and the reasoning (suitably redacted) as a first step, though.

Ignore the "Messi of Sport's Law" thing. I didn't see that in the Blackstone Chambers bulletin :)

Public hearings would be fine if we had a media which reported them fairly and accurately.

 

[KS55]

I'd say no myself, just let them get on with. Can you imagine our case (either of them) being made public? There would be so much confidential club information being redacted that you'd just have a bloody big black banner across the screen. Besides, it sounds like they'd quite like to commercialise it and charge for PPV.

As for "per the Leo Messi of Sports Law", give me a bucket.

Yep. Arbitration allows a lot of confidential info to be examined which would not be possible in public. It is essentially a private dispute between the parties. It is frustrating to the outsider but is sensible.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Yep. Arbitration allows a lot of confidential info to be examined which would not be possible in public. It is essentially a private dispute between the parties. It is frustrating to the outsider but is sensible.

Well yes, but as the guy says in his bulletin, that is the same for all legal proceedings yet they manage to work around it when they are public.

I wonder if he is making a pitch for the IR with these ideas just now. I am pretty sure politicians would like to see more clarity on what the PL gets up to. At least announcements of investigations and their conclusion, transparency on disciplinary issues and on arbitration. "There is a date but I can't tell you when it is". Why, FFS?

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Couldn't give a fuck about public hearings personally. We wouldn't be reported on in the press any differently which is where it matters concerning public opinion. As long as this country who have big mouthed cunts in press conferences prepared to ask our manager in a live gig if he took a bung from City to help achieve some perceived aim, things won't change.
That **** should never have been allowed on City premises ever again.

 

[KS55]

Well yes, but as the guy says in his bulletin, that is the same for all legal proceedings yet they manage to work around it when they are public.

I wonder if he is making a pitch for the IR with these ideas just now. I am pretty sure politicians would like to see more clarity on what the PL gets up to. At least announcements of investigations and their conclusion, transparency on disciplinary issues and on arbitration. "There is a date but I can't tell you when it is". Why, FFS?

You can imagine circumstances in which useful info is excluded from a court case but not from arbitration panel.

 

[KS55]

Public hearings would be fine if we had a media which reported them fairly and accurately.

Yep. The CAS full judgement was very clear but the press widely misreported it. The Grauniad said it was the equivalent of ‘not proven’ because CAS did not say ‘innocent’. That paper managed to issue a report which did not mention “there is no evidence that”. Henry Winter surmised that we got off by kicking proceedings down the road continuously. Several papers opined that ffp was dead because we were found not to have infringed.
We can’t win either way.