Ankles Bennett

Watching the Heathrow Airport programme on tv and the guy points out a Saudi Airlines "Dreamliner"..an omen for sure!!!

Nothing on Sky Sports news about this !!

Not necessarily. If we lose arbitration we wont know how or why we lose. If we win the jurisdiction challenge the CAT case will go ahead regardless of the outcome of arbitration, and will be in public and as such may disclose how and why we lost arbitration in order to establish whether the PL's reasons for blocking the move were anti- competitive! It may be that the CAT hold some of the hearing in private regarding the arbitration findings being confidential, but if the CAT subsequentely find in our favour that the EPL acted uncompetitively the EPL may then have to reverse their decision to block the takeover!

Ever heard of skeleton arguments?

I agree they will have already made their decosion beforhand. i went the COA once to follow a case i had been involved with. It started about 10 am and adjourned for lunch at 12.30pm Our Counsel talked for a further hour on returning. The tribunal of judges went out for 30 mins at 2.30pm and came back and gave their decision verbally but it took the lead judge 2 hours to read out their decision. You can't tell me they drafted that decision over 30 mins. They had clearly made their decision before the oral hearing and nothing that was said by either side changed that decision. They simply gave the appellant his day in court!

Refusing to grant more time will probably be the basis of the EPL's grounds of appeal if they lose the jurisdiction case!

Probably hoping the tribunal will cut him short which, if the decision goes against the PL, will probably give the PL adequate grounds to appeal on the basis they werent allowed to fully argue their case ,and so they will kick the can down the road!!!

If we lose the takeover the club should resign from the EPL citing the failure to allow any challenges to the top 6 clubs. Join the SPL instead!

If you recall the Arbitration tribunal prefer it if the parties reach a compromise rather than Arbitration deciding the issue before them, so adjourning until early 2022 may have been to allow time for the cpnsortium and tje EPL to reach an amicable compromise such as restructuring the purchasing vehicle to prove separation from the Saudi state!

This refusal to back Bruce in the transfer window is reminiscent of Ashes refusal to back Rafa when his contract entered the final year.

Am i the only one who thinks we have wasted £25m on Willock!!!!

Its quite plain that the EPL are just going to continue kicking the can in order to avoid the courts actually making a decision. However there is a presumption in law that a failure to comply with a direction is an indication that the party has something to hide that is not supportive of their case which would allow the court to draw an adverse inference. Evetually a judge will lose patience with the EPL and Bird and Bird and will refuse any further delays and will issue directions requiring the EPL to produce evidence to support their argument. Failure to do so will lead the Judge to draw an adverse inference. Thats when the Judge will find in our favour. I hope!!!

Willock will go to Palace. Why wouldnt he? The manager is Viera who was Arsenal through and through plus a world cup winning midfielder to boot. Imagine comparing being coached by Bruce or Viera. There is no comparison!

The thing is it was ASM who made most of Willocks goals. Take ASM out of the side and I fear Willock wont be half as effective as last season!

No business is going to walk away from a deposit of £17m, not even the PIF, especially when all they have do is sit and wait for Ashley to win the legal battles and force the EPL to approve the takeover. Obviously if Ashley loses the legal battles they will have no choice than to walk away and forfeit their deposit! So we have to simply wait and hope Ashley's legal team are as good as we are told!

Seems to me the EPL are never going tp address the point at issue rather Bird and Bird will obfuscate in order to prevent the point at issue ever going before a judge for a decision. Its what they have done with the Atbitration and are attempting with the CAT case!!!!

So the owners charter is a charter agreed by "clubs". It doesn't state all clubs so the owners charter means a majority of clubs OR more than likely the Big 6 are being given the power to vote against a takeover (Project Big Picture) if they feel their revenue streams are threatened by such a takeover.

Anyone else wonder whether the pitiful fine imposed on the big 6 for the ESL involvement is simply the big 6 cartel providing the EPL with funds to continue their legal battle with Ashley!!!

I have a question. If the big 6 and the epl are blocking this takeover because they dont want competition at the top end of the epl from an owner with unlimited financial clout in the form of KSA, what will the EPL do if we find a buyer with Abramovic type financial resources funding our club. Will they try to block that too!!!

Its probably because PIF are (were) going to stump up mega millions to invest in the NE region and the Reubens are (were) going to get all the building contracts. That's the only reason I can see why they are wanting a 10% stake in us!

To me this isnt dead, its more a case of we now have to become an irritating thorn in the side of the EPL. They need to learn that we will not let this go. I know i cant accept this stance taken by the EPL and we just need to keep on asking why they wont let this takeover go through. A classic case of Bird & Bird delaying tactics as we were warned about!!!

Correcting a spelling mistake in a legal document can sometimes alter the intended meaning so entering (sic) after the mistake means this is an unaltered spelling from the original draft!

I drafted a submission on a particular case where the High Court Judge disagreed with me and the case went all the way up to the Court of Appeal who, two years later, set aside the Judges decision and substituted their own decision which mirrored my original submission, so yes judges do sometimes get it wrong!!

Yes I agree that's dreadful, but you see what I mean about one word (or more) in the wrong place changing the intention.

Beloff will be completely impartial as he has a reputation to uphold. He will apply the rules as they are written. These QC's are Wordsmiths, in other words Masters of the English Lanquage. I have spent the last 30 years of my long career dealing with High Court judges and the correct/incorrect interpretation of legislation. If the O&D test has one word in the wrong place it can completely alter its effect, regardless of the policy intention behind the drafting of the O&D tests.