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1. Differences between UEFA Rules and Premier League Rules
The Premier League Rules should be a carbon copy of UEFA Rules.
The main difference between the Premier League and UEFA is UEFA have a Statute of Limitations, which limits the availability of evidence to 5 years. The PL do not have that. However, under English Law, most companies have to comply with The Limitations Act 1980. The Limitation Period in England is generally 6 years.
UEFA have rules in regards to where evidence comes from and it can’t come from illegal sources. City qualified several times that the hacked and stolen emails were illegal in the CAS case, but said they would co-operate with defending the allegations regardless. However, if you look at the the PL Handbook, it states that the source of data and evidence is an irrelevance as far as they are concerned. This surely will form part of City’s defence that some (if not all) of the evidence provided by the PL will have come from inappropriate sources (Der Spiegel, Rui Pinto and Football Leaks) and there will be a huge lack of credibility with that evidence.
What takes precedence when 2 contrasting rulebooks (UEFA and PL) have discrepancies or different rules? What takes precedence when European Law regarding limitation periods differs to English Law?