Essendon club doctor Bruce Reid and the AFL remain at a stalemate over his charges. Reid is now set to take his case to the Supreme Court. After more than four hours of talks, Reid left AFL House on Thursday afternoon without any comment. Essendon then posted an announcement on their website from Reid's lawyers, saying he wanted his case heard by an independent party.

The AFL Commission declined.

"Dr Bruce Reid applied today for the AFL Commission to refer the hearing of this matter under the powers conferred by the AFL rules to take place before an independent and qualified person such as a recently retired Supreme Court Judge," the Reid lawyers' statement read.