Judges are due to decide at the High Court whether a police raid at the home of Portsmouth Football Club boss Harry Redknapp was unlawful.
Judges at the High Court have ruled a police raid at the home of Portsmouth Football Club boss Harry Redknapp was unlawful.
Mr Redknapp and his wife Sandra started legal proceedings after the raid at their home in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
Mr Redknapp and his wife Sandra started legal proceedings after the raid at their home in Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset.
The manager, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in football.
The manager, who denies any wrongdoing, was arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in football.
The judgement will rule on whether a warrant for the raid, issued by the City of London Court, was legal.
The judges ruled a warrant for the raid by City of London Police was issued unlawfully by a court.
A claim police tipped off the media about the raid was rejected at a hearing earlier this month.
'Bitter disappointment'
The court was told Mr Redknapp was abroad at the time of the early morning raid, carried out by City of London Police, last November.
When he arrived back in the UK later, he voluntarily attended Chichester police station where he was arrested and detained for seven hours, before being bailed.
Alun Jones QC, for the Redknapps, told the court that, for legal reasons relating to the nature of the material being sought by the police, the court had "no power" to issue the warrant.
But police lawyers said the warrant was valid and had been granted on legitimate grounds.
After he was released on bail Mr Redknapp spoke of his "bitter disappointment" at the way the raid and his arrest had been handled.
Nine people are on bail in connection with the continuing inquiry into alleged corruption, which has involved searches at a number of football clubs, including Portsmouth.
