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I see a lot of argument exercised over the weekend on the double-jeopardy issue. Holding an inquiry into an event, then holding another when you don’t get the desired outcome. I have sympathy to a degree with this sentiment, but only within limits. Tax cheats who successfully wriggle out of their responsibilities at a Tribunal, may be called to a second, third or fourth hearing.

This will feel like quadruple-jeopardy, but it’s correct and often needed for the law to apply evenly. It’s also worth noting that the Crown successfully convicted its first double-jeopardy case in November last year, following the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act.

For non-legal cases, such as the SPL Commission headed by Lord Nimmo Smith, there is no double-jeopardy law, either way, the SFA source trying to influence the media late last week into thinking there was, was getting ahead of himself. Any organisation can ask any question of itself at any point.

What the SPFL (formerly known as the SPL) must now ask, is was the Lord Nimmo Smith Commission fit for purpose?

Auldheid, writing on Scottish Football Monitor last year, published his correspondence to SPFL solicitor, Rod McKenzie of Harper MacLeod, suggesting crucial information, requested by McKenzie as part of his case on behalf of the SPL, was not disclosed.

The implication being that McKenzie was unable to reference the material he needed to successfully prosecute his case as the salient information was withheld by Rangers. McKenzie wrote to Rangers on 5 March 2012 asking for relevant information but allegedly did not receive documentation on EBTs Rangers had already agreed with HMRC were incorrect and liable for tax.

The SPL Commission concluded Rangers gained no sporting advantage from their EBTs as, although they found the club acted wrongly in respect of player registration rules, the Commission found that even if the EBTs had been declared, no tax would have been payable, so no sporting advantage was achieved.

We now know that a considerable amount of tax should have been paid (subject to appeal to the Supreme Court), which flips the criteria Nimmo Smith based his decision upon.

I suspect nothing will happen between now and the expiry of the Big Tax Case appeal notification window in early December. Should no appeal be made, the SPFL will need to consider its position.

Football, to a considerable extent, relies on clubs issuing information openly and fully to authorities when required. If a conspiracy to withhold information from an inquiry exists, and is subsequently uncovered, the authorities must consider what action is appropriate.

At the very least, the national association should not be privately promoting a cover-up.
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  7. Delaneys Dunky on

    Sipsini

     

     

    Not many in my local agreed with the penalty decision, but we were 100% delighted with it. ;)

     

    COYBIG

  8. macjay1 for Neil Lennon on

    The penalty.

     

    The cross was diverted by an arm into the goalkeeper`s arms allowing him to save.

     

     

    Intentional/unintentional ? Irrelevant.

  10. beatbhoy on

    Kevinbhoy/LP

     

     

    Sandy Bryson saying that the players’ registrations were in order because the authorities didn’t know at the time about the side-letters, and couldn’t act retrospectively. Hence no title stripping due to 0-3 result change not being applied.

     

     

    Serial killers would love that logic applied to their crimes!

     

     

    Plus, LNS, going on the findings of first Tax tribunal, said, as EBTS were legally applied, other clubs could have used them so no sporting advantage.

     

     

    Now that they’ve been found to be illegally applied, that should surely mean there was in fact a sporting advantage, so major re-visit needed!

     

     

    Auldheid among others would explain it much more clearly, and accurately, though he must be sick of doing so!

  11. 67Heaven .. CHALLENGING THE LIE ..I am wee Oscar...... Ipox belongs to the creditors on

    Sipsini

     

     

    Hahahahaha

     

     

    ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

     

     

    Delaneysdonkey

     

     

    Stonewall penalty

     

     

    Hahahaha ….⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

  12. lennon's passion on

    So LNS ruled that the players weren’t registered illegally. Why is there thousands of posts saying they were. Why did all the club’s not kick up a fuss.

  14. Andrew Kerins Green and White Army on

    Delaneys dunky after Thierry Henry’s audition for the NBA we’ll take anything

     

    Harlemglobetrotterscsc

  15. sipsini on

    Another from johnjames…

     

     

     

     

     

    King’s Cunning Plan

     

    by sitonfence

     

    Those of us who wondered what was in it for King only had to wait for a short period of time for the career criminal to show his hand. King currently owns 11,869,505 shares. If his proposals, in resolutions 9 & 10, receive the approval he expects, he will own 23,739,010 shares. He bought his shares for £2.37m. If he sold his shares to Peterhouse/JP Jenkins in the afternoon after the November 27, he would realize £6.4m. Just over £4m profit for about ten days in the UK.

     

     

    Most of us don’t believe he had the wherewithal, or the ability to buy his shares. due to exchange controls. He almost certainly borrowed money from Douglas Park to buy his shares. They both knew that as soon as they pulled off the share manipulation artifice, they would profit. Of course King would only cash in his chips now if he’s thrown under a Parks of Hamilton bus. In the unlikely event they could arrange an ISDX list, he could yield £12.8m if the price rose to 54p

     

     

    Articles 9 & 10 are unnecessarily complex. The average shareholder won’t have the first clue about what he’s up to. He will be told that a vote for King is a vote for Rangers, when the truth is that King will make a quick paper killing for a couple of bombastic statements and numerous lies.

     

     

    I have seen the same stupidity, that transformed a billionaire ally into a foe, at two other AGM. King believes he will get away with diluting Ashley’s shares by a third and stripping him of his voting rights. Ashley will not lose face. I expect a preemptive strike prior to the 27th. He might decide it’s as good a time as any to call in the receivers or initiate punitive costs for using the intellectual property. He could, if he chose to do so, close down the Club Deck.

     

     

    Ashley was loath to hurt the club, but King has antagonized him and now all bets are off.

     

     

    sitonfence | November 16, 2015 at 8:49 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p6L11Q-7e

     

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  18. rudicantfail on

    I remember ROI at last Euros under the Italian guy….name escapes me for now!!

     

     

    They were awful.

     

     

    They had better players then than they have now……..

     

     

    MON’s pragmatic approach at international level would make Walter Smith’s tactics,at Rangers,look cavalier.

     

     

    Up the Republic…..horrible football…..but I need a team to support in France lol

  19. lennon's passion on

    BEATBHOY on 16TH NOVEMBER 2015 8:48 PM

     

    Kevinbhoy/LP

     

     

     

     

     

    Sandy Bryson saying that the players’ registrations were in order because the authorities didn’t know at the time about the side-letters, and couldn’t act retrospectively. Hence no title stripping due to 0-3 result change not being

     

     

    That was my reason for my question tonight. My mate told me that today honestly didn’t believe him. That is unbelievable this is excepted by the rest of Scottish football the game is finished.

  20. sipsini on

    Surely the Huns must be listening to johnjames?

     

     

    If not and they continue to run with the tgsl as most I speak to do, feck them…feck them anyway.

  21. rudicantfail on

    Roy Keane would have set up a team to beat Malmo,Maribor and Molde…….

     

     

     

    Rony Delia couldn’t set up a team to beat a Lambeg Drum…..

  30. MickTT on

    Evening all, just hack from a weekend away with the blonde one, great company with another two couples…. all Celtic, what else you expect..!

     

     

    Ayrshire is Green and White

  33. kidpyramid on

    Long time follower of the blog looking for some non-football related help.

     

     

    I am sick to death of the politics of our country at the moment and one of the things I hate the most is the creeping privatisation of the NHS. I have started a petition & if I get 100,000 signatures it will be debated in Parliament. If anyone feels the same way it would be great if you could sign the petition & also share it on any social media outlets.

     

     

    Please have a look and see what you think. Thanks for your help & sorry to distract from all matters Celtic. Hail Hail!

     

     

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112379

  35. rudicantfail on

    The Irish Bhoys digging in here……

     

     

    MON has obviously has heard that new bullshit cliche about 2-0 is a strange lead ….

     

     

     

    Come on you Bhoys in Green

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