supercity88
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They managed to try Harold Shipman in 2 months I suspect 6 weeks is plenty for this.
CAS was 3 days.
The big wait is for the judgment anyway.
CAS then took a month to issue their decision. I can't see why it would be anywhere near 6 weeks in this case. Whilst there are a lot more charges, that's due to the number of seasons they apply to. It's worth noting that the 115 charges may well be reduced by the time we get to a hearing. The parties will be sharing information, agreeing statements of common ground and dropping allegations that are dealt with during the written submission stage. I would anticipate a couple of weeks for the hearing and then a month for a verdict.
The charges are rule breaches across a number of seasons and our evidence is largely through our accounts. To get to the bottom of the majority will be as simple as reading through the evidence provided. At the hearing you would expect the sponsorship matter to be dealt with, as it was with CAS and our suits to turn up and bat that one out of the park. I don't know what else really needs to be extensively discussed at a hearing otherwise.
And the verdict would equally be quite simple because you'd go via rule breach and uphold/dismiss in mass rather than by individual season in the majority of instances.
Undoubtedly if it does take 2-3 weeks instead of the 6 that's been earmarked, we'll get a mix of "that means it went well" or "that means it went badly" before @tolmie's hairdoo drops a bomb on twitter about Khaldoon walking out cock in hand throwing £20s at the hoards of journalists outside.