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Dispute Resolution-2011

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InnovationLeading the litigation strategy for the sale of Liverpool Football Club
Originality5
Rationale8
Impact8
Total21
DescriptionAs advisers to LFC, lawyers co-ordinated a response when the club’s owners adopted an unusual tactic to try to scupper the sale. Obtaining three injunctions within a nine-day deadline, the lawyers’ judgment and quick decisions were crucial to the successf