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Football clubs in receivership—avoiding points deduction (Cooper and others v Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd and others)

Football clubs in receivership—avoiding points deduction (Cooper and others v Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd and others)

Published on: 19 July 2019

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Football clubs in receivership—avoiding points deduction (Cooper and others v Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd and others)
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Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: Neil Smyth, partner at Mills & Reeve, considers the case of Cooper and others v Blackpool Football Club (Properties) Ltd and others, in which court-appointed receivership was used to avoid a points deduction and relegation for Blackpool FC. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.

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