Appeared for Prosecution Acted for the FA in proceedings against Arsenal F.C., Patrick Viera, Martin Keown, Lauren, Ray Parlour, Ryan Giggs and Christiano Ronaldo arising out of an incident at the end of the Premiership match.
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Graham Souness
Appeared for Prosecution. Misconduct charges arising out of incident in Blackburn v Wigan match. Acted for the FA.
Dennis Bergkamp
Appeared for Prosecution. Misconduct charges arising out of the Arsenal v Spurs Premiership game. Acted for the FA.
Roy Keane
Appeared for Prosecution. Misconduct charges arising out of his autobiography and a tackle on Alf Inge Haaland. Acted for the FA. On whichever side you appear, you certainly don’t want to be against, Jim. Roy Keane attests to that, writing in Chapter One of his recent biography: …The FA has a murder lawyer. A big [...]
Joe Cole
Appeared for Defence Misconduct charges arising out of West Ham v Bolton Premiership game.
Steve Evans
Appeared for Defence Acted in the appeal of the Boston United manager after findings of guilt on various financial irregularities.
Carlo Cudiccini
Appeared for Defence Appeal against sending off in a Premiership game against Middlesborough.
Mauricio Taricco
Appeared for Defence Charge of violent conduct arising out of Spurs v Chelsea Worthington Cup match.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Appeared for Defence Charge of violent conduct based on “video evidence” arising out of Premiership game against Southampton.
Frank Leboeuf
Appeared for Defence Charges arising out of sending off in Premiership game against Leeds and alleged “stamp” on Harry Kerwell.
Celestine Babayaro
Appeared for Defence Alleged “stamp” on F. Ljunberg of Arsenal in Premiership game
Chelsea FC v. Sheffield Wednesday
Appeared for Defence Alleged “mass confrontation” at end of Premiership game.
FA v Dennis Wise
Appeared for Defence Incident in tunnel after Premiership game against Wimbledon that led to misconduct charges.
Graeme le Saux
Appeared for Defence in relation to a charge of misconduct arising out of incident with Robbie Fowler at Stamford Bridge in Chelsea v Liverpool game.
Joe Kinnear
Represented NUFC manager on misconduct charge. Acquitted.
FIFA v. Rajkovic
Acted for Chelsea Football Club in support of the appeal lodged by the player Rajkovic before FIFA appealing against a one year ban from all football for spitting at a referee in the Olympic Soccer tournament. The appeal was upheld in part.
Mowergate: FA v. CFC and Manchester United
Acted for CFC in the “Mowergate” case defending a groundsman charged with racially abusing the Manchester United player Patrice Evra. The groundsman was exonerated of the racism allegation.
Wimbledon AFC
Acted for Wimbledon AFC Re points deducted for fielding a player without an ITC.
Emre Belozoglu
Acquitted of a racism allegation Carlos Tevez Acted for West Ham United FC in FAPL disciplinary proceedings.
Sergei Rebrov v. Tottenham Hotspur FC
Acted for Tottenham Hotspur FC in relation to Sergei Rebrov’s disputed contractual claim before The FA Premier League Committee.