PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

bobbyowenquiff said:
This is not a criminal trial so there is no legal risk other than defamation. But the main headline on the article states: "UEFA's Chief Investigator says he is convinced Man City have committed fraud." As the publisher the Mail can't hide behind the fact they are quoting someone else. They have published it and to make matters worse they make no attempt to balance the story. The story is as libellous as it gets. There are several other defamatory pharases including one which impunes the integrity of the CAS judges. It is a slam dunk for any competent libel lawyer.
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I've seen more than one journalist say that Man City are very quick to threaten legal action about stories.

It no doubt makes some difference, but newspapers will be threatened all the time, and will be careful when they need to be, and sail as close to the line as they can.

It would also be crazy for the club to actually launch multiple libel actions, as they could bring all the finances out into the open, and are unpredictable. Whatever we think of the likelihood that City win beat these charges, we all know that the club have had to be as creative as possible in order to break into the top tier, and even if they've not broken laws, they wouldn't actively invite scrutiny.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Apparently we are being represented by Blackstone Chambers who were recently voted the best law firm in The UK.

We're not fucking around
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They all shit in the same pot mate!

It's an ego game for these people, Lord Pannick will probably luncheon with Rosen every other week and both won't hesitate to pull the trigger on each other.

Paul Harris was the real star last time out. A phenomenal job.

Dream team pairing.
 
No f*cking about from City! He was probably approached a while back and has been preparing our defence for some time.

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Prestwich_Blue said:
This is brilliant. I'm writing my next missive for KOTK so have been going through the rule books to see exactly what we've been charged with, and it's clear the Pl have fucked it up big time. For example, in 2011/12, they've charged us with a breach of Rule E11. That rule in the 2011/12 Pl Handbook says "Each club shall enter the FA Cup".

I've looked at a few others and it's a similar story. They've seemingly charged us against another rule which says that, except for televised games, all PL games will be played on Saturdays at 3pm.

It's an absolute fuck up.
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Wasn't that already rectified yesterday? Mullock was reporting that City sources has told him the same.
 
Why are so many people talking about us being stitched up? We’re innocent of all wrongdoing so unless those fuckers bringing the charges have fabricated evidence you could have that red nosed twat Ferguson, Alan fucking Sugar and Slippy Gerrard on the panel and they won’t be able to pin anything on us.
 
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