Man City 'super lawyer' who has acted for Liverpool and Lewis Hamilton part of 115 charges case

Manchester City will be represented by Monckton Chambers lawyer Paul Harris in the ongoing case against the Premier League. Harris is seen, in some circles, as a 'super lawyer' thanks to his previous work.

Harris and his direct history with the Blues dates back to the club's previous dice with football authorities when UEFA tried to ban them from the Champions League. The lawyer helped lead a successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against expelling the club which, ultimately, paved the way for City going all the way and landing European football's biggest prize in 2023.

However, his work spans longer than that in sport. In 2014, Harris represented Premier League outfit Liverpool, in the wake of Luis Suarez's 'biting incident' with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.

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According to The Lawyer Mag, Harris has also acted for Mercedes F1 and British sporting icon Lewis Hamilton over the years. Any threat of him being intimidated by the stakes involved in this seismic hearing, which pit the Premier League against City, can be dispelled when looking at his portfolio away from sport.

Harris was one of the key figures in the Merricks vs Mastercard tribunal which has been described as the 'biggest legal case of the last few years'. That class action saw Harris represent 46million people and he described it as 'the biggest challenge of his career to date'.

City will not find out whether Harris' defence of the club has been successful until next year, at the earliest. The hearing against the Premier League will be held in private and shall last