Newcastle United launch legal challenge over seized documents in tax probe
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Newcastle will have to show that it has an arguable case to take to a full judicial review hearing.
A legal challenge has been launched by Newcastle United FC over documents seized from the club by officials conducting a tax probe.
A High Court judge has banned members of the HM Revenue and Customs investigation team from examining, without the club's consent, material taken in a raid carried out in April under search warrants issued by Leeds Crown Court.
Mr Justice Supperstone, sitting in London, said on Thursday the ban would continue until resolution of the club's application for a judicial...