Power struggle in Hanover: another stage win for child
In the power struggle at Hannover 96 another stage win for Martin Kind is on the horizon. The 78-year-old will probably remain managing director of Hannover 96’s professional football division. The appeal against his success before the district court in Hanover is likely to be dismissed.
Headwind: The balance of power is disputed in Hanover.
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After Kind was dismissed as managing director at the end of July after a year-long dispute by the management of the parent association Hannover 96 eV, the latter took legal action and was successful in the Hanover district court. To prevent the eV management from submitting an objection to the Higher Regional Court in Celle against this verdict, this seems to have little chance of success.
As the OLG spokesman Andreas Keppler told the “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung” on Monday, “the Senate considers the appeal to be unfounded according to its preliminary assessment.”
Higher regional court follows regional court
The legal dispute is about the position of managing director of Hannover 96 Management GmbH, which according to the articles of incorporation is the sole responsibility of the supervisory board of this GmbH.
The district court had ruled that the eV tip had violated the articles of association when they dismissed Art without deviating from the other two members of the supervisory board. This now seems to be the preliminary assessment of the Higher Regional Court.
A final judgment of the Higher Regional Court will not be made until after October 17th. Until then, the club still has the opportunity to provide new reasons for Kind’s dismissal within the framework of a justification period.
The 50+1 question is not part of the procedure
It should be emphasized that the proceedings are exclusively about the legality of Kind’s dismissal and not about the question of whether said articles of association possibly violate the principle of the 50+1 rule, in German professional football the parent club has the right to issue instructions to external parties in such cases prescribes investors. This is not part of this procedure.