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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

A quick summary of the FAB's statement in support of the EFC appeal 🧵 The Statement is in 8 parts:

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

Late to this, but a candidate for the most tone deaf post from the PL account in a crowded field. Perfectly illustrates why you can’t be Promoter and Prosecutor. Independent Regulator Now.

Premier League

@premierleague

9 months

Not a bad bench for @ManCity , is it? 😉 How long will Pep Guardiola wait before calling for reinforcements? #MCIEVE

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

This could be decisive for Everton. Yes, the UK has left the EU, but the PL is bound up in UEFA and so proceeds as if governed by European Law. Having punitive sanctions decided in a vacuum offends against fairness under the common law in any event.

Andy Burnham

@AndyBurnhamGM

10 months

My reading of the ECJ ruling is it gives the @premierleague a big headache over their treatment of @everton . It says sanctions must be based on “transparent” criteria.👇🏻 The PL’s refusal to publish details of its “formula” is therefore a huge problem. So we fight on! 💪🏻 #EFC

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

So there you have it, after days of legal argument and thousands of words of reasoning, the Commission in the Forest case did not know how the Appeal Board in Everton’s case adopted such a high starting point in terms of points to be deducted.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

Very pleased to have been able to help with this. Brilliant work from the FAB in representing the fan base. The fans’ voices will be heard. More thoughts on this later.

EFC_FanAdvisoryBoard

@EFC_FanAdvisory

9 months

We have developed a statement under the guidance of barrister, @thepubliclawyer . It has been submitted to @Everton and the @PremierLeague , with a request that it is formally considered as part of the Club’s appeal. Full details on FAB website: Please RT🙏

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

A lot can happen in a week… 🗓️1 April: the PL asks an Independent Commission to drop Everton into the relegation zone 🗓️ 8 April: the Commission rejects much of the PL’s case as ‘unwarranted, overstated or both’.

Premier League

@premierleague

7 months

A lot can happen in a week... 🗓️ 1 April: Liverpool sit top after their win, while Man City and Arsenal settled for a goalless draw... 🗓️ 8 April: The top three all won midweek, but both Arsenal and Man City bettered Liverpool's weekend result!

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

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When arrested for an assault, don't say 'I never stabbed anyone' when the police haven't yet told you it was a stabbing. #freelegaltips

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Here's that absolute zinger from Mr Justice Collins in the Benefits Cap case. Are you listening David Gauke?

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Prison cuts - you were warned Probation cuts - warned Legal aid cuts - warned ET fees - warned "Flexible" hours - ARE YOU LISTENING YET???

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

If the PL is serious about its disciplinary panels retaining the right to impose sanctions on clubs post-independent regulator then they should be hearing this appeal in the public. There is far too much at stake and public interest for it to happen in the shadows.

Alan Myers

@ALANMYERSMEDIA

9 months

Everton‘s appeal hearing following their 10 point deduction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules will be heard over the next three days The appeal hearing will begin tomorrow and end on Friday with a final decision expected to be announced by mid-February

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

A timeline of the PL’s standard directions for PSR complaints shows that the rules are unrealistic, create real and avoidable uncertainty, and should be re-written 🧵1/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 months

The PL’s efforts to stave off regulation so far: 1. Delivering a farcical PSR complaints process; 2. Cooking up a deal to revamp the FA cup which harms lower league teams, without consulting them. Whether it’s ineptitude or arrogance, they are staggeringly bad at politics.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

11 months

It's reported that Everton are looking to settle compensation claims made by various clubs who have been relegated from the Premier League. It's not at all clear that they are required to do so 🧵 1/13

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

Whether or not the rumours of further PSR charges for Everton are true, the legal process has a long way to go. The tide is turning, and with another club in the mire the momentum will gather. Keep the faith; channel Tarkowski. UTFT.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

Here is what was said in the Tevez case. Taken from the @EFC_FanAdvisory submission.

the esk

@theesk

9 months

@thepubliclawyer spoke very well on @bbcmerseyside with @GiuliaBould re the IC appeal particularly referencing the precedent set in the Tevez case & its impact on fans & players alike @premierleague @Everton @EFC_FanAdvisory

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

More on the Appeal Decision later, but very pleased that the Board considered and complimented the submission made by @EFC_FanAdvisory - enormous credit to them for giving Everton Fans a voice

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

Seems clear that Notts Forest looked at the Everton case and decided, strategically, to plead remorse and cooperation from the earliest stage. Having wilfully broken the rules to benefit their playing squad. Pretty cynical, but pretty effective as it turns out.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

When the Ukraine war is and isn’t something that businesses have to contend with as part of their daily life.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

Reasonable to assume that EFC’s appeal will rely heavily on the Commission declining to adopt the EFL guideline on successive PSR breaches. The lack of any equivalent PL guidelines has again resulted in a Commission resorting to its ‘wide discretion’ - totally unsatisfactory.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

There’s plenty could be said on this, but ‘precedents from other cases’ stands out: 1. There are no previous PL cases; 2. The concept of precedent, or case law, is inapplicable. Cases decided under different rules (e.g. EFL rules) cannot be read across 1/2

Alan Myers

@ALANMYERSMEDIA

9 months

Letter from PL Richard Masters to CMS Select Committee

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 months

Big congrats to the Premier League who start next season with just the 2 teams facing points deductions to be decided by independent commissions without any sentencing guidelines to steer them. Best league in the world

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

11 months

UTFT 13/13

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 years

Introducing my new site, aiming to make the criminal appeals process more accessible with plain English fact sheets.

Appeals Barrister

Plain English fact sheets about the appeals process from barrister Matt Stanbury, [email protected]

appealsbarrister.com

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

Disappointing result for Everton but there will be a renewed focus on fighting the points deduction in the New Year and hopefully we will have some news to share on that front soon. Keep the faith.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

Another good intervention from the @EFC_FanAdvisory ahead of the upcoming PSR case. Non-partisan emphasis on the impact on PL players. ‘Upholding the integrity of the competition’ is supposed to be the aim. It hasn’t worked.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

A sensible suggestion. The lack of consistency across decisions, even after guidance from an Appeal Board, has exposed the current system as unfit. If the PL wants to have any chance of keeping its enforcement in-house it should do the right thing.

Nadia Whittome MP

@NadiaWhittomeMP

7 months

Following the points deduction imposed on Nottingham Forest, the Nottingham MPs have written to the Culture, Media and Sport Secretary. Sanctions must be fair and consistent. We call for all proceedings and sanctions to be suspended until an independent regulator is in force.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

The timing of this, the power stance, everything about it, feels wrong. The forthcoming Appeal Boards should factor in the fact that cases are being over-prosecuted as part of transparent but doomed attempt to fight off regulation. Enough.

Times Sport

@TimesSport

7 months

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Chief executive Richard Masters believes Football Governance Bill would give a regulator unprecedented power, and reduce the appeal of sport in which the UK is a ‘superpower’

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

The deferral of part of the PL’s case against EFC, probably to next season, underscores the reality that the PL table, and the competition itself, is being decided by lawyers. The PL has created this mess, and surely knows it, but it has the blinkers tightly on.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

Logically, Notts Forest will now be deducted 6 points, with a possibility of a small reduction (-1/2) for admitting the breach. Double jeopardy means that Everton ought to get 0, but with some possibility of an uplift for the latest financial year (+2)

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

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Culture, Media and Sport Committee

@CommonsCMS

9 months

We have written to the Premier League CEO, Richard Masters, asking him to clarify points raised in our oral evidence session with him and the EFL earlier this month. See our Chair's @cj_dinenage comments 👇

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 years

Nick Clegg enabled Grayling to rip apart legal aid - so I'm out with @OwenJones84 to help kick him out #Vote4Justice http://t.co/aTMqKtjmU3

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

This could be decisive for Everton. Yes, the UK has left the EU, but the PL is bound up in UEFA and so proceeds as if governed by European Law. Having punitive sanctions decided in a vacuum offends against fairness under the common law in any event.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

‘Identifying the right evidence to secure a conviction’ - after a week of disclosure failures this is your take? How about scrutinising *all* the evidence?

Crown Prosecution Service

@CPSUK

7 years

We will have 120 prosecutors on duty on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, answering hundreds of calls from police #DiscoverCPS

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

If the Premier League’s aim is to push those who break the profit and sustainability rules into a cycle of sanctions which mean that they are no longer sustainable, in order to deter others and thereby achieve some ‘greater good’, then it ought to come out and say so.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

To update this, with it being around 3 weeks (as a minimum) for the appeal board to write up a decision, we can expect to learn who will be relegated from the PL in around mid-June.

Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

A timeline of the PL’s standard directions for PSR complaints shows that the rules are unrealistic, create real and avoidable uncertainty, and should be re-written 🧵1/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

On double jeopardy, you can call it that, or simply call it proportionality, which features strongly in the Appeal Board’s decision. Either way you get to the same result: you can’t be punishing twice for overlapping reporting periods.

Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

Logically, Notts Forest will now be deducted 6 points, with a possibility of a small reduction (-1/2) for admitting the breach. Double jeopardy means that Everton ought to get 0, but with some possibility of an uplift for the latest financial year (+2)

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 years

In no other area has human rights protection proved so ineffective than in the field of prisoners’ rights. 1287 prisoners slopping out in 2018 is shameful.

Mick Geen

@J4BenGeen

6 years

@stealth_edition Here is the info-Took me a year of wrangling with the MoJ before they reluctantly supplied data in response 2 my FOI request-They just kept ignoring me hoping I would go away so I reported them 2 the ICI who eventually threatened the MoJ with legal action if they did not respond.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 years

The government's position has shifted from 'the people have spoken' to 'the PM can do whatever the hell she likes!'

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

This, from the sentencing remarks in the Darren Osborne case:

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Vladimir Putin, Geert Wilders, Julian Assange, Paul Dacre, you boys took one hell of a beating! #ViveLaFrance

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

Nothing says ‘we can be trusted to prosecute rule breaches’ like these tweets buzzing about the advantages that 115 (alleged) rule breaches will bring you

Premier League

@premierleague

8 months

Go shoulder to shoulder with @ErlingHaaland at your own risk! ⚠️

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

@theesk @Everton @premierleague Logically the PL should appeal, as the sanction appears to be unduly lenient both generally and based on the PL’s own case. As to EFC, I’d be arguing that the objectively harsh punishment for charge 1 reinforces why it should be nothing more for charge 2. Best they can do.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

@theesk A very good point. It’s like a prosecutor recommending the sentence before the verdict, and before the facts - including the aggravating and mitigating features - have been established. Just another illustration of how badly thought through it all was.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 years

We have today issued a claim for judicial review alleging that the Parole Board is not sufficiently independent to meet the requirements of a court, and seeking an order staying the current Chair recruitment process.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

The best and simplest procedural improvement the PL Commissions can make is to direct that any sporting sanctions will not take effect pending appeal. The tiresome ‘relegation clash’ narrative and the fraught atmosphere at Goodison feels manufactured.

Alan Myers

@ALANMYERSMEDIA

8 months

The appeals commission really need to come to a decision, not only for Everton’s sake but for a number of clubs and their fans. Teams cannot keep playing, not knowing where they stand in the league, it’s not an excuse for poor performance but it is affecting all concerned

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Whatever his true identity, it is a shame to see the @prisonuk account disappear. His advocacy for prison reform was very impressive.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

How this should work is or ought to be clear: 1. Announce the decision, preferably on the day but if not as soon as possible thereafter; 2. (Later) confirm it in writing, with reasons The Rules aren't being applied, to the detriment of the players and fans.

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@thepubliclawyer

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‘You’ve systematically cheated over years to assemble this squad and win countless trophies and we’re prosecuting you to the hilt but WOW what a squad [insert fun emoji]’

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

The fact that the Premier League wants to retain the power to impose sanctions after the independent regulator comes in tells you all you need to know about whether they should be allowed to do so.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

I’ve felt this way about many a circuit bench retirement

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

On the 777 non-takeover, it seems likely that the recent meeting was held pursuant to Rule F28.2. In other words, to allow 777 the opportunity, having failed to do so on the paperwork, to persuade the Board that it meets the requirements. Procedural fairness. 1/3

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

On the left, collar studs; on the right cufflinks #improvising

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

Worth noting that the PL says that the the Forest case was wrongly decided. It will, presumably, make these points to the Appeal Board. Less clear is whether it will argue for an increased sanction against Forest.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 months

A pretty clear message from the Appeal Board in the Forest case that appeals aren’t likely to get anywhere in the future. The EFC appeal win was an exception because the original decision was so ludicrous.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Last I heard was burning out his fuse up here alone but best to double check as he can take a long long time

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

4 years

Very sensible call from the CCRC for juries to give reasons for their decisions in criminal cases, echoing the campaign led by @JusticeFor_Ryan on this issue

Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

@ccrcupdate

4 years

For anyone interested, here is a short @ccrcupdate submission to @HLConstitutionLords ' Covid-19 enquiry. It touches on jury trials, issues with secret jury deliberations (intent in joint enterprise as an example), and the potential impact of court delays.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

The Premier League, having presided over a process whereby league standings are being altered almost weekly, and which may be decided by a quasi-court *after* the end of the season, is worried about the IREF doing something to weaken the League’s appeal.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

Ps - in the Tevez case the Commission imposed no points deduction, in part because it was so close to the end of the season, and the resulting unfairness on the fans and the players. Bringing even more uncertainty.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

On sanctions, the Fan-Led Review recommended: 1. Sanctions to be applied by an Independent Regulator; 2. Published guidelines on how sanctions will be applied; 3. A 'guiding principle' of sanctions not unfairly impacting fans, but instead targeting ownership/management 1/3

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

6 years

‘Hardwick seems so innately reasonable; you suspect that once he has weighed up a decision he buys another pair of scales just to make sure’ - a very good interview and write up, this.

Nick Hardwick: 'I’m not overjoyed that my career has been sacrificed for John Worboys'

When the Parole Board decided to release ‘black-cab rapist’ John Worboys, the public outrage forced chair Nick Hardwick to resign. Does he have any regrets?

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Many courts don’t have a canteen; some don’t have a working lift. But it’s a rather different story for litigious oligarchs. 2-tier justice.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Just doing an advice for a chap sentenced to IPP in 2007 with a minimum term of 3 *months*. Had to triple check the papers as thought it must be 3 years. He's still detained.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

Whether or not EFC voted against a framework of guidelines, or indeed whether other clubs did, does not change any of this. The uncertainty inherent in the rules is a recipe for disaster. ‘You reap what you sow’ is not a legal principle.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

4 years

@BarristerSecret Provide his telephone and if possible Skype details and say that he is willing by those means to answer any questions the judge might have about his medical conditions and the evidence he has submitted on day one of any trial on which he might be asked to sit.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

11 months

On a more optimistic note, in the Tevez case the Commission did not award a points penalty in part because it would impact unfairly on the players and the West Ham fans. This has been overlooked so far and might provide a lifeline 12/13

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

The judge was also thoroughly unimpressed with the idea that being a lone parent is some sort of lifestyle choice

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

9 months

The concept of precedent, or case law, is being used to fill the void left by any proper sanctions guidelines agreed between the clubs who make up the association that is the PL. 2/2

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

They aren't deterred by death itself, but an increased statutory maximum penalty will put the fear of God into them.

Danny Shaw

@DannyShawNews

7 years

Theresa May: counter-terror strategy 'needs to keep up' and will be reviewed, possibly with increased sentences for terror-related offences

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

The Sun - yes *the Sun* - has just given David Lidington a free pass to cut prison numbers. Time to act.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

The PL’s published position on its relationship with EU law:

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

In legal processes, procedural fairness sometimes requires a ‘minded to’ interview. This is where the body making the decision is minded to refuse an application, but afford the applicant a (final) chance to respond to its provisional view. It’s rarely changes the outcome.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀

@EvertonNewsFeed

8 months

🚨The Premier League have met with 777 Partners this week to discuss the American firms takeover bid (Source - @TimesSport )

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Anecdote of the Week ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The Cat From Greece

@acatfromgreece

7 years

Today's Ludicrous Courtroom Incident (LCI): Bewigged etc I stood back at the doorway to allow some people to leave.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 years

Hats off to these guys. I had an IPP client whom they employed in open conditions, then on release. He's never looked back.

James Timpson

@JamesTCobbler

8 years

In 2016 we recruited 81 amazing people from prison. Our target for 2017 is to recruit over 100 more amazing people.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

The PSR should, in fairness to all fans (and clubs) be suspended until the rules are re-written in a way that is fair, realistic and enforceable 8/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 years

@jaimerh354 'I don't want the best silk to defend me, I want a plodding hack who believes in my innocence'. Madness.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

It should be built into the rules that no sanction is final until appeal rights are exhausted. This would at least provide some more clarity and stop the present circus with us Everton fans looking down the table, constantly but (hopefully) needlessly 7/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

This limitation within the rules may reflect a reluctance by the PL to act as a Regulator since, after all, it is not one. The Independent Regulator for English Football cannot come soon enough. 3/3

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

The right decision, now what about those who have already been convicted?

All current rape cases to be 'urgently' reviewed over disclosure fears

It comes after the collapse of several trials and in the face of a "rapid expansion" of digital evidence.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Obvious Q: 1) Why do they do this to children? But just as importantly: 2) Why, having done this to children, do they defend it in court?

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

7 years

Human rights of boy, 16, breached by his being kept in cell at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution for long periods

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

The fact that ‘some part’ must relate to Everton providing incorrect information does not answer the point. It’s speculation and anyway, what about the other part?

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

The gold medal for missing the point goes to...

LegalVoice

@LegalVoiceUK

7 years

Charlie Gard’s parents did not apply for legal aid says @MoJGovUK : @legalhackette on judge's criticism of cuts

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Off to London to argue that the law governing independent adjudications (prisons) is a mess and should be clarified.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

12 weeks from the complaint to conclude the hearing? Unrealistic. Didn’t happen in Everton’s case, probably won’t if Notts Forest are charged 3/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

It would also be quite possible, and much better, for the Appeal Board to announce its decision with reasons to follow later. The delay is them writing their decision, not making it. This is done commonly in the Court of Appeal and also avoids uncertainty for everyone.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

There’s understandable anxiety about the delay in announcing the EFC appeal outcome, but the timeframes haven’t changed. It takes time, lots of it, to write reasoned conclusions on 3 days of argument by Silks.

Alan Myers

@ALANMYERSMEDIA

9 months

Everton‘s appeal hearing following their 10 point deduction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules will be heard over the next three days The appeal hearing will begin tomorrow and end on Friday with a final decision expected to be announced by mid-February

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

In reality the Rules provide for the season to end on the final day, with standings decided at that point in time, when there will likely be unresolved appeals. All in all, it’s about as badly thought out as you could imagine.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

14 days to lay a complaint? How can there be proper consideration of such complex issues in that timeframe? It’s totally unrealistic. 14 days for a response? Same issue. 2/8

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

If this follows on from the ruling published yesterday, where Leicester successfully argued that it cannot be dealt with under the EFL’s PSR rules until next season, that will prove to have been a spectacular own goal.

Rob Dorsett

@RobDorsettSky

8 months

EXCL: #lcfc facing charge for allegedly breaching Premier league PSR rules in final season before relegation. Charge could come as early as next week. Leicester won’t face a points deduction this season but could start next season -whichever division they are in- on minus points.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

Thoroughly depressing Court of Appeal judgment here on joint enterprise, young defendants, autism and life sentences

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

I've written a piece about the sex offender treatment programme debacle: Discredited Offending Behaviour Programmes

Discredited Offending Behaviour Programmes

If you are a long-term prisoner and you want to be released more quickly, you will need to satisfy the Parole Board that your risk has been reduced. If you are a “lifer”, then if you want to be rel…

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

@EllBretland 100%. They are the promoters of an elite sporting competition which they are spoiling with their own ineptitude and they don’t even have the self-awareness to realise it

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

I’m basking in the reflective glory of what I am told is my acknowledgment in the @BarristerSecret book, to which my contribution was about equivalent to me cheering on Everton every Saturday.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

8 months

It’s like the USADA coming for Lance Armstrong but then admiring his Quads.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 months

This feels like Gamesmanship as much as sour grapes. Letting Luton know it might yet all change. Not a chance that the Appeal Board, having given EFC 6 points, is overturning the decision.

The Athletic | Football

@TheAthleticFC

7 months

Nottingham Forest have decided to appeal against their four-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules. #NFFC | #PL More from @DTAthletic

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

7 years

A full house at the @JENGbA meeting.

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Matt Stanbury

@thepubliclawyer

10 months

The importance being that you can’t then permissibly impose any sanction *at all* until the situation is rectified by an agreed sanctions regime being implemented.

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