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Romanov's appeal will be heard by the SFA
Scotland - 27 December, 2006
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An appeal from Vladimir Romanov regarding a GBP 10,000 fine will be heard by the SFA. The fine was handed out for an article that was posted on the Scottish Hearts website attacking the referees.
The SFA received the letter of appeal yesterday but since it was postmarked Monday, it arrived within the seven-day deadline.
"The letter arrived in the post this morning," said a spokesman for the SFA. "Everything is within the rules, so we will make arrangements for an appeal to be held in due course."
Monday was the deadline for Romanov to notify the governing body of his intention to appeal. The letter was sent recorded delivery, which is an SFA stipulation, and was apparently delayed because of the volume of Christmas mail.
Hearts have been fined GBP 10,000 for publishing remarks that accused officials of trying to prevent the Tynecastle club from winning the Scottish Cup. The club has also appealed its fine and that hearing is expected next month, while Romanov's will probably be heard a month or two later.
Romanov will first argue that the SFA's general purposes committee acted unconstitutionally in fining him because he is not a Hearts official. The SFA issued the fine after expanding its definition of what constitutes a club official and this case will probably be the first in which the legality and fairness of that definition is put to the test.
Romanov will then argue that natural justice should allow him the right to speak out. If it is ruled that he is not a club official, his lawyers will not have to follow this line of reasoning because the SFA will have acknowledged his freedom of speech. If his first argument fails, he can use the second argument to fall back on.
The SFA received the letter of appeal yesterday but since it was postmarked Monday, it arrived within the seven-day deadline.
"The letter arrived in the post this morning," said a spokesman for the SFA. "Everything is within the rules, so we will make arrangements for an appeal to be held in due course."
Monday was the deadline for Romanov to notify the governing body of his intention to appeal. The letter was sent recorded delivery, which is an SFA stipulation, and was apparently delayed because of the volume of Christmas mail.
Hearts have been fined GBP 10,000 for publishing remarks that accused officials of trying to prevent the Tynecastle club from winning the Scottish Cup. The club has also appealed its fine and that hearing is expected next month, while Romanov's will probably be heard a month or two later.
Romanov will first argue that the SFA's general purposes committee acted unconstitutionally in fining him because he is not a Hearts official. The SFA issued the fine after expanding its definition of what constitutes a club official and this case will probably be the first in which the legality and fairness of that definition is put to the test.
Romanov will then argue that natural justice should allow him the right to speak out. If it is ruled that he is not a club official, his lawyers will not have to follow this line of reasoning because the SFA will have acknowledged his freedom of speech. If his first argument fails, he can use the second argument to fall back on.
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