PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

halfcenturyup said:
I still don't understand the legal process behind this request if it's to do with the 115 allegations. You filed accounts that didn't show a true and fair view! No, we didn't and we need to see all the correspondence you have issued about the club to prove it?

Either there is a big chunk of nastiness going on in the 115 allegations that we haven't even considered yet, or it's more likely to do with the APT claim where the PL needs to disclose all its correspondence to defend the claim of discrimination (possibly because the club has provided evidence that suggests it?)?
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I would think it goes something like this:
The PL and the club present the commision with their cases (done I believe) and prior to the hearing the commission then ask questions of both parties as to the proof of each sides case. They will have asked City questions and the PL questions.

But as we know, City are lock tight silent on legal maters but the PL aren't and are now leaking information to.make us look bad.
 
halfcenturyup said:
I am not sure whether there being a witch hunt against the club at all affects the substance of the PL's case against City. The allegations are effectively that the club fraudulently filed incorrect accounts and did some other stuff against PL financial rules. Not sure how there being a witch hunt or not is relevant. The club either did those things or they didn't irrespective of whether there was a witch hunt or not.

But if we like conspiracy theories, how about this one:

The club knows there has been some correspondence between the PL and a club that, for example, the PL has insufficient evidence to prove the most serious of the 115 allegations, but they are going ahead anyway because that is what the other club wants. The club don't want to disclose the provenance of the correspondence (for one reason or another ;) ) but they want to raise it with the panel.

What does the club do? It counter-claims on an issue that will require the PL to disclose all its correspondence. They can identify all the incriminating documents in that case, and, once documents have been submitted in one, they can use them in the other. If the PL doesn't disclose the correspondence the club knows about, they are in bigger trouble. Win-win.

I like a good conspiracy theory, me :)
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Bloody hell. It’s probably untrue but how clever would that be? You have a devious mind. Ever considered a legal career?
 
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halfcenturyup said:
I am not sure whether there being a witch hunt against the club at all affects the substance of the PL's case against City. The allegations are effectively that the club fraudulently filed incorrect accounts and did some other stuff against PL financial rules. Not sure how there being a witch hunt or not is relevant. The club either did those things or they didn't irrespective of whether there was a witch hunt or not.
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Think of it like this. Obviously, City's primary argument will be that the audited accounts show that everything's been done legitimately and that should be regarded as conclusive. However, you can't guarantee that they'll accept that argument - one member of the CAS panel didn't, for instance - so you have to be meticulous in devising as many reasons as possible to chip away at the other side's evidence to give the IC as many reasons as possible to doubt the PL's case.

It's highly unlikely that any of the PL's emails that are produced will be blatantly incriminating in terms of member clubs and PL executives conspoiring to screw us over. However, I'd argue that any contact on the subject is inappropriate and I suspect there will be exchanges that allow City's lawyers to portray the PL as coming under pressure from influential clubs to act against City. That can be used to create further doubt in the mind of the Panel.
 
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