Newcastle's kit is currently made by Manchester-based Castore, but the club has agreed to a new partnership with Adidas starting in the 2024-25 season.
The retail giant sought an injunction application against this move, which saw the legal parties at a hearing last week at the Tribunal.
At the hearing, the leading barrister for
The retail giant outlined that this new arrangement amounts to an abuse of the club's dominant position in the wholesale market, and is "based on unlawful anticompetitive agreements".
Last Friday, the Tribunal handed down its judgment where by an unanimous decision, the
The judgement added the injunction refusal made "a speedy trial more, and not less, urgent".
The ruling added: "We expect speedy (and, ideally, agreed) proposals from the parties, failing which the Tribunal will, in short order, make its own proposals."
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