PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

terraloon said:
I very very much doubt that any sort of plea bargaining has taken place that’s just not how it works.

Had City in effect made a voluntary disclosure saying something like ” We have uncovered all these issues . Sorry “ then it would or could have been dealt with behind closed doors but that’s not what has happened.The PL as far as I can see have been completely open about an investigation taking place the court ruling was more about the reason for and outcome of arbitration which they and City wanted to keep out of the public domain

I think you are being over dramatic when you talk about jail time simply because despite from a PL rule book compliance standpoint I can’t see that any of the charges are suggesting that City have broken any Laws.
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That's exactly how it works bud, the PL didn't want to drag it out this long no matter what the tin foil hat wearing brigade think. The court decided that it was in the public interest to announce an investigation was underway, I don't think the PL have ever confirmed it before that time (or at least confirmed it was ongoing still).
 
Tax evasion is only a crime, of you're evading tax. As City are being accused of hiding losses I'm not to sure that there are likely to be too many taxes evaded.
 
I think it's worth mentioning that nobody at the club (outside of the legal team & senior figures at the very, very top) have a clue about the status of the charges.

All we know outside of that is that they've told everyone to be confident.

Lord Pannick and his crew are the only ones in the know and they won't be sharing anything with anyone. Until the time is right that is.
 
terraloon said:
I very very much doubt that any sort of plea bargaining has taken place that’s just not how it works.

Had City in effect made a voluntary disclosure saying something like ” We have uncovered all these issues . Sorry “ then it would or could have been dealt with behind closed doors but that’s not what has happened.The PL as far as I can see have been completely open about an investigation taking place the court ruling was more about the reason for and outcome of arbitration which they and City wanted to keep out of the public domain

I think you are being over dramatic when you talk about jail time simply because despite from a PL rule book compliance standpoint I can’t see that any of the charges are suggesting that City have broken any Laws.
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Are you a lawyer?

Edit: That may have sounded condescending. It wasn't the intention. It's just every legal expert on here says that is exactly what they are alleging with their list of breaches.
 
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Bez said:
The judicial panel is appointed as per the attachments as per rules W.20, W.21 and W.26.

The appointed panel members have to sign an impartiality agreement and I believe as the Respondent to the charges we have 48 hours to raise any objections to the proposed panel members.

Assuming the appointed panel members abide by the impartiality conditions then this should not be an issue.
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What's the 'or else' clause look like?
 
Cityfan said:
Tax evasion is only a crime, of you're evading tax. As City are being accused of hiding losses I'm not to sure that there are likely to be too many taxes evaded.
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I was thinking more of our Chelsea friend who said they settled an image rights issue out of court. It just seemed to me he was saying Chelsea had been involved with activity that amounted to a criminal offence over a number of years in a way that impacted the annual accounts and presumably the FFP reporting too. Sound familiar?
 
halfcenturyup said:
I was thinking more of our Chelsea friend who said they settled an image rights issue out of court. It just seemed to me he was saying Chelsea had been involved with activity that amounted to a criminal offence over a number of years in a way that impacted the annual accounts and presumably the FFP reporting too. Sound familiar?
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You mis understand.

HMRC are investigating football clubs all the time. The image rights issue is being looked at as I type. There Is a process that HMRC follow in such matters and that’s a country mile away from going to the courts.
Chelsea and I suspect most clubs haven’t understated the payments , far from it, it’s where the payment ended up.
 
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