At the conclusion of last night’s Grievance Tribunal St Kilda Vice President and legal advisor, Ross Levin, made the following statement;
“Andrew Lovett says that it was not legal to dismiss him; we still maintain that it was. The Tribunal’s decision tonight is to proceed through the grievance procedure to decide that issue.
“We’re now facing a series of choices following the Tribunal’s decision in relation to how we proceed.”
This is only the second time the Grievance Tribunal has sat in 10 years and it has never considered an issue like this before. This is entirely new legal territory.
Levin added, “The Club will very carefully consider all of its options and we will not make a decision until at least March 5 when we have received the full written reason for the Tribunal’s decision.”
“Ultimately our decision will be in the best interests of the Club, our players, members and supporters.
“When a final decision has been made by the Club regarding this matter post March 5, a further statement will be issued.
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