Volume: 7 Issue: 5
( 2008)
Keywords:
a football association premier league limited v qc leisure
high court
article 81 ec treaty
Authors:
paul smith
laura searles
Organisations:
hammonds sports law group
london.
Jurisdictions:
uk
The Football Association Premier League Limited v QC Leisure & others
[2008] EWHC 44 (Ch)
The High Court considers the use of Article 81 of the EC Treaty as a defence to allegations of circumventing the cost of broadcasting FA Premier League matches using foreign satellite systems.