Winning legal battle with the Manchester City Premier League
According to the Times, Manchester City has achieved a significant victory in its legal battle with the Premier League after the governing body rules on sponsorship were declared “null and unenforceable.”
In October, the independent court held that the rules on related party transactions (APT) (in effected between 2021 and 2024) were illegal in three areas.
The Premier League amended these three laws in November, supported by 16 of its 20 members, but the city challenged the effectiveness of the entire APT, and the UK champion debate was supported. I did.
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– Matt Lawton (@lawton_times) February 14, 2025
Those who argued that they saw the Independent Court verdict, consisting of three senior laws, Nigel Teare ir, Lord Dyson and Christopher Vajda KC, read: The APT rules and the revised APT rules were illegal in three ways.
“Right now, there is a decision on whether these three respects will be cut off from the remaining apt rules, so the remaining APT rules will be valid and enforceable.
“The three respects that the APT rules and the revised APT rules were illegal cannot be concluded because the entire APT rules are invalid and unenforceable.”
Manchester City and Newcastle were able to benefit
The APT rules were brought to prevent clubs from inflated the value of sponsorship transactions with related parties. The court’s verdict could allow new agreements to attack such cities that are majority-owned by Abu Dhabi or Newcastle, which is majority-owned by Saudi Arabia’s public investment funds.
The Times reported what Premier League CEO Richard Masters wrote to the club today, sought to reduce the importance of the court’s ruling.
In the letter, Masters allegedly admitted that the previous rules were invalid and unenforceable, but emphasized that “new rules have been implemented.”