Manchester City have won a huge battle against the Premier League after an independent panel deemed both current and original Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules to be unlawful.
City, who claimed the rules to be discriminatory and bad for business, brought the unprecedented challenge to the league. The Blues argued that the Premier League's political motivations for bringing the rules in clouded them to the reality that it was a poor decision commercially.
An arbitration hearing was held in front of an independent panel but behind closed doors for both sides to put across their arguments.
After two weeks of debate, the verdict was known and released. The tribunal decided that the Premier League rules breached competition law and are therefore legally void. READ MORE: Man City damages, PSR chaos, Arsenal issue - what next for Premier League READ MORE: Why Man City sued the Premier League over APT rules and how it could impact 115 hearing It also found that the Premier League was specifically unfair in how it had applied the rules to City.