Liverpool fans’ allegations against UEFA in Paris 2022 Champions League’s final chaos can be heard in the English court, Judge Rules | Football news

Legal allegations for more than 800 Liverpool fans against the UEFA European football administration for the chaos of the Champions League 2022 final may be heard in England, a judge of the Supreme Court said.

Serious congestion problems outside Stade de France have seen thousands of Liverpool fans come against downturn and stick to a highway underground in front of the game against Real Madrid.

These themselves supporters, who had already targeted the local young people trying to steal tickets, were then tear gas and pepper sprayed by the police.

At a hearing last July, UEFA argued that the English courts do not have the jurisdiction to deal with the allegations.

The Liverpool court has heard it rely on a principle that the English courts would not investigate the legality of the acts of a foreign government.

Howove, in A 38-Page Judgment on Friday, Mr Justice Turner, Said the Case Could Be Heard in England, Adding: “I Have Already Concluded That, AS A Matter of English Law, It is Arguable that the Combination of the Limits of the Scope of the Scope of the Score Application of the Doctrine to the Facts of This Case as I have found them to be and the Further Constraints Imposed by the Operation of the First Exception Are Sufficient in Themselves Fatally to Undermine the Defendants’ Application for jurisdiction.

He added that the fans say that the conventional claims brought by those who received their tickets from Liverpool “include the imposition of an English contractual duty to receive reasonable skills and care that must be taken into account in terms of French laws and regulations.

In March last year, UEFA said it had reached a “complete and final settlement” with supporters represented by two other law firms, who had claimed to injure personal injuries before their allegations arrived in court.

The ongoing claims concern a group of hundreds of fans represented by the law firm Leigh Day.

In 2023, an independent report noted that UEFA brought UEFA’s “primary responsibility” for failures that almost led to the greatest opportunity of European football football in Paris in May 2022 to become a “massive destruction of death”.

Jill Paterson, one of Leigh Day’s personal injury lawyers, who represents the fans, said: “This is a landmark decision for Liverpool fans in their battle for justice against UEFA.

“UEFA will now have to answer them in English courts.

“All football fans should be able to watch the matches safely.”

UEFA statement

“UEFA today made the judgment of the English Supreme Court on a preliminary challenge to a claim involved in supporters of the Liverpool football club in relation to the 2022 Champions League final in Paris.

“UEFA had applied to reject the claim on the grounds that it requires an English court to examine the actions of the French Police and other French authorities in a way that is not permitted by English law.

“Today’s crisis says it is too early in the process of knowing if UEFA’s position is right or not.

“This is the only demand brought by Liverpool fans in relation to the Champions League 2022 final.

“UEFA will not provide further comments at this stage.”