- Day one of Man City’s hearing into 115 financial rule breach charges has ended
- Proceedings are expected to last for ten weeks, with a verdict coming in 2025
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The first day of football’s ’trial of the century’ has concluded at the secret location in the heart of the City of London.
Lawyers representing Manchester City and the Premier League declined to give any insight into proceedings as they left this afternoon.
The top flight club faces relegation from the Premier League over the 115 charges leveled at them for allegedly breaching the English football body’s financial rules.
Kings Counsel Lord Pannick, who is representing Manchester City, declined to comment when he left the hearing
And Adam Lewis KC, who is acting for the Premier League also remained silent.
The independent hearing is expected to last ten weeks with a verdict not anticipated until Spring next year.
The case is being held in private at the International Dispute Resolution Centre that is located in a quiet lane close to St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London.
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