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Scottish Professional Football League loses appeal over pubco screening foreign satellite broadcasts

18-Nov-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

A Scottish pub company has resisted an appeal brought against it by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), a case that could impact on English pubs that have been asked not to use foreign satellite systems.

Scottish foreign satellite football case could impact English pubs

04-Apr-2013 By Gurjit Degun

A case involving a pub chain seeking damages of more than £1.7m against the Scottish Premier League (SPL) could impact on English pubs that have been asked not to use foreign satellite systems.

Date set for High Court pub football hearing

21-Dec-2011 By John Harrington

The High Court hearing into how the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling on the use of foreign satellite football systems in pubs applies in the UK has been set for 24 February.

MPs: don't free up soccer broadcast rights

16-Aug-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

A group of MPs has urged the UK Government to "use all its influence" in Europe to block the freeing up of football broadcast rights that would have...

Foreign football satellite judgment expected September

29-Jul-2011 By John Harrington

The landmark judgement on the legality of foreign satellite football in pubs is not expected until "September at the very earliest", according to a...

Zero VAT ruling on hot takeaway food

18-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

A legal ruling in Europe could pave the way for pubs and restaurants to pay no VAT on hot takeaway food and drinks.

Foreign satellite football: key questions answered

09-Feb-2011 By John Harrington

John Harrington reports on what the opinion of the EU advocate general last week means for pubs.

Murphy case: boost for foreign satellite

04-Feb-2011 By Ewan Turney

The advocate general of the European Court of Justice has voiced support for the use of foreign satellite football systems, saying that the use of...

EU foreign satellite opinion backs Murphy and suppliers

03-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore

The battle over foreign satellite football has taken a dramatic twist, with an advocate general at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) saying decoder...

100 pubs face prosecution over foreign satellite football

03-Feb-2011 By James Wilmore

Around 100 prosecutions against pubs showing foreign satellite football are set to be launched, the company which acts on behalf of the Premier...

EU foreign satellite hearing set for October 5

14-Jul-2010 By James Wilmore

The long-running legal battle over foreign satellite football will resume in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on October 5, The Publican...

Foreign satellite footie on the slide

29-Jan-2009 By Tony Halstead

There has been a sizeable drop in the number of pubs screening football via foreign satellite systems, after two foreign broadcasters within Europe...

Legal advice: Associated discrimination concept yet to be ruled upon

19-Feb-2007

All eyes are drawn to an interesting development in the area of disability discrimination - the concept of 'associated discrimination'. In Coleman v...