The judge has dismissed Sports Direct's application to commit Rangers chairman Dave King for contempt of court.
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The judge has dismissed Sports Direct's application to commit Rangers chairman Dave King for contempt of court.
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Judge however wants a full trial of King on a further matter, wants it held in January.
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Discussion of other matters still to be dealt with. Judge keen to hear by end of January. Seeking clarification.
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Judge "I really wonder what the point of all this was, £400, 000 gone"
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Two applications to be heard tomorrow at 10am. Not clear yet what they specifically refer to.
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Lifted from Kerrydale Street, while they were discussing the character of the judge. :
Has anyone Googled 'Judge Peter Smith'?
Reprimands, rants, etc. Seems handpicked for a Dave King circus.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...t-luggage.html
http://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/nlj/c...udge-keeps-job
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A judge whose behaviour was adjudged by the Court of Appeal as “wholly inappropriate” when he took part in “extraordinary” exchanges in court, has received an official reprimand. Mr Justice Peter Smith was reported to the Office for Judicial Complaints after showing “undoubted animosity” towards a party in a case before him. The furore arose after a case involving Addleshaw Goddard came before him and he was asked to stand down since the law firm had previously rejected him for a job. The judge, however, refused. Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls, and two other appeal judges in Howell & Others v Lees Millais & Others, ruled that Peter Smith J had got “carried away”, had shown “undoubted animosity” and was “intemperate” in the way he handled the application for him to stand down. The judge, the appeal court ruled, should have recused himself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_..._Chief_Justice
Primarily it affects RIFC and in the very loosest terms Scottish football.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
Seems as if things are now going RIFC's way - paid back Ashley, two big court cases won, funding to get them through to the end of the season provided - is the drama series coming to an end now?
Big Bad Mike's no gonnae be chuffed with this. He'll be sitting somewhere stroking his cat, and planning all sorts of retaliation. Lost a battle, but methinks the war is just going to start now.
Court adjourns until 2.30
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Get some lunch Ozy. Great job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Sounds to me like the judge came in today thinking, why am I wasting my time on this nonsense & acted accordingly. Some of his comments took me back to the Jeffrey Archer fiasco when the esteemed judge asked, " look at his wife, is she not fragrant"! Having said that I don't understand why SD did not have King giving evidence.
What else is there to discuss?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Since the ref was so scathing about SD's application, isn't there a chance that the Huns will get awarded their costs from Ashley? In that case they'd still have their £300,000, which they could use to plunder other Scottish clubs' best talent, and all would be well.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
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Originally Posted by Hibee87
What the wine they had at lunchtime was like? :greengrin
Not sure. Costs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
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32,000 bottles to pick from.[emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Sarf
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Court will be sitting this afternoon to discuss terms of injunction Sports Direct have against RIFC
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Both parties to discuss the matter of the injunction just now. That may be heard briefly in court tomorrow with a view to hearing in January
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Originally Posted by Jim44
Also this
http://www.legalcheek.com/2015/07/fu...wyers-emerges/
Seen a tweet that reckons he was sold a dodgy set of golf clubs from Sports Direct. LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by brog
Ashley has to pay 400k for today! Its madness.
It seems to me the judge was taking the view that the case was brought by Sports Direct at the behest of Ashley in order to hand out a personal kicking to King to teach him a lesson not to mess with Mike Ashley, rather than because Sports Direct in reality thought, or even cared, that what King had said had actually damaged the company or even Ashley at all.
If there's one thing the courts hate its folk wasting their time, especially folk who are clearly using them to settle personal grudges under the guise of another matter. They also take a dim view of and treat with disdain a lawyer with a badly prepared case, which looks like what's happening here.
Ashley is gonna come out of this looking like a fool. Heads are gonna roll and if it was personal before its gonna be a hell of a lot more personal now.
Not like that mob to smell conspiracy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
Indeed. If a fair-minded,non-zoomer analysis is sought then that is the last place you'd go to.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
SD did not prove the case today. Judge called it right.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyM_1875
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Originally Posted by Dashing Bob S
But did God smile on the most righteous today? One's as bad as the other. I don't think the SD silk had time to tie his gloves before the honourable judge started putting in a few sharp jabs before landing the knockout punch. :take thatQuote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
The next Phil and JJ blogs will be interesting.
Judge was particularly scathing that counsel for Sports Direct brought no evidence to court proving King made the statements reported
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Hope you found that tweeting useful. Court will probably sit again at half 2 to briefly sort out future matter of injunction.
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Another revelation from court was that Rangers repaid Sports Direct their £5m loan yesterday.
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To summarise 3 reasons Sports Direct lost in court today.
1. Dave King mentioned only existence of meeting with Ashley not content
1/3
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2. No evidence was presented to show beyond a reasonable doubt King made statements attributed to him
2/3
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3. King was not called as a witness so his testimony is his affadavit was not able to be challenged.
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MA appears to be taking a serious beating, the bigots well ahead on points :(
So much for them saying that MA had a top legal team, seems they had the day off and sent in the mail boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
King: "It was an absolutely humiliating defeat for Mike Ashley. I'm delighted with the outcome."
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King: "I've never witnessed a strong judge really virtually tearing someone apart the way he did today."
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Eh? £300K taken out of the New Huns' January budget. What's not to like?Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
A bizarre argument for anybody non-Hunnish to make, but especially a Hibby.* Are you seriously making a Regan/Doncaster "Scottish football needs a strong Rangers" argument?
* For the avoidance of doubt, not casting aspersions on 0666's Hibby credentials which are much stronger than mine, even if he is a Hun apologist. :wink:
Glib, shameless and an amnesiac then. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Great work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
From reports, no surprise judge found in King's favour.
There is information in the public domain about Rangers Retail that SD surely don't want out there. Why did they not go for that?
I do agree that putting someone in prison for acknowledging a meeting or just saying they want to renegotiate a contract is ludicrous.
I think the % split and ownership of brand names and security came out at the time the loan was made. How about the 7 yr termination clause? Who leaked that?
Ashley pays for today not rangersQuote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Dave needs to think a wee bit harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Where did you get that from :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore
Can't say Ashley didn't deserve today if he didn't even inform his own lawyer Sevco had repaid the £5m loan yesterday.
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Sports Direct v Rangers International Football Club Plc back in this court at 10am tomorrow to receive full judgement and decision.
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10am tomorrow will also see judge consider an application to vary the terms of the injunction involving Sports Direct and Rangers.
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He brought the action... what makes you think he doesn't pay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
Personally and from the tweets passed on by Ozzy, cheers bud, :)
Have to say the Judge was correct! Jail someone for nothing? Nah don't think so!! Also, was quite clear how King got his glib and shameless liar attributes: plays the game well, creates ambiguity and uses ignorance as a defence! Worked this time but in future .... the very very near future?
It's like two bald men fighting over a comb when these two claim the moral high ground.
Court called back into session to deal with press reports. Judge says he unhappy with Daily Record article, counsel agrees is "inaccurate"
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Judge says he gives Daily Record "nil points" for accuracy of report
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Judge says that just because he has dismissed commital does not mean he has 'acquitted' King
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Judge says he would advise Mr King to say nothing to the press until he hands down his full judgment
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Judge asks if the Daily Record has a reporter in court? Is told they do not.
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I would imagine a decision re costs will also be made tomorrow. I'd also be surprised if MA just walks away from this & I can't imagine he'll be overly pleased with his counsel's performance!Quote:
Originally Posted by underscore
Court adjourns again until 10am tomorrow.
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I wonder if this means he has ruled out jail but may still fine him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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Surely not! Our award winning journos who break scoops about "off the radar wealth"! What could possibly be wrong there!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Dave King has been cleared on accusation of contempt. Whether he breached the "gagging order" is a matter which may come to trial in January
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Judge ended session by saying that it was a bit premature to report "Mr King has been vindicated"
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Interesting. Thanks for the updates. :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
I guess this moves JJ a peg or or 2 down from "interesting but unreliable" to "total unsubstantiated pish". :greengrin
That's 2 cases in a row he's called wrongly.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
@stgriswalds Not committed to prison but not yet cleared of breaching confidentiality order.
We'll know more tomorrow
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JJ is a windbag.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Mixed day for Phil Macgiollabhain. On one hand, it appears to be his story about the meeting that was the subject of today, so he must have got that correct, however, his story about Ashley tricking him into attending a meeting so that they could serve him with papers as he got of the train in Glasgow was shown to be nonsense. The SD lawyers admitted it was delivered to his address.
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It's as though he makes it all up!Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
The trouble with Phil is he relies on secondary sources and he makes a lot of stuff up.
He isn't there on the ground in Glasgow where the story is and he is incapable of being balanced and analytical.
So to sum up a, rather chaotic, day in court. Judge has rejected motion to jail Dave King but has not ruled if he breached injunction or not
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I just CANNOT believe the 'Rtard' sent no-one to stand beside their man, to support him in his time of need , to put an arm around him reassuring him that no matter what happened today, they would ALWAYS love and support him ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Wonder what the judge will think when tomorrow's edition carries a full, word-for-word report of everything that happened today ?? (Another 'Exclusive' ??)
Cheers for all that, Oz. Your fingers must be beelin :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Can I clarify one thing, cos I cba trawling through all your posts. Did you say that DK had been told not to talk to the media about today? Yet, he seems to have done exactly that.
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aye dave, unlike the judge that allowed you to stay out of jail ya crooked tax-dodging immoral penniless creep
A really strong forthright judge might have called someone a glib and mendacious liar in open court.Quote:
Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
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Originally Posted by Bostonhibby
i respectfully agree
I can't detect if that's surprise or sarcasm in your voice. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Treadstone
Judge told him not to but he had already done so during the lunch break and appears to have spoken to Sky news since.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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It's great if you want to take a very short-term parochial view. We need to be clear that the guy is a bit psycho, and his objectives are not clear to anyone probably including himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
So where is it going to end and how much is he going to cost Scottish football by the time he gets bored and toddles off to his next victim?
Is there a chance the judge will find him in contempt of court and jail him for that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Probably not but the thought should bring a smile on a few faces :-)
Going by today, the judge will just assume the journalists are lying. [emoji3]Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
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So, to be clear, you think that Scottish football as a whole benefits from a trickledown from a strong Rangers?Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
I think that's only a very slightly longer term view. If the New Huns are crippled it will also weaken Celtc giving a vacuum at the top of the game that will be filled by someone that could be us. Plus, you surely don't want to condemn Hibs to another season in the championship as some kind of sacrifice for the dubious benefit of having a New Huns that have the financial clout to break up any team that shows a bit of promise?
I'm baffled that you could see mike ashley as a bigger threat to scottish football than rangers with their megalomania and sense of entitlement.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
Actually no I'm not as you're clearly on the wind up. Again.
Nope I think Scottish football benefits from stability as it gives people thinking about investing in the game some certainty over what they are investing in.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeMeSouviens
Copious amounts of salt taken when reading his blog Jim. Judging by the Celtic minded on social media it's easy to see why some chancers like the crowdfunding/donate form of journalism. Easy money. Would love to see how much P Mac makes via that avenue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
Surely it's perfectly reasonable to hold Rangers and Mike Ashley in contempt. One, a stupid football club run by a liar which specialised in running up ludicrous debts & has a ridiculous sense of entitlement. The other an arrogant billionaire who built a business on exploitative business practises.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr White
I'm failing to see a good guy in this particular fight.
Given the financial situation that Rangers find themselves in, which they have caused, is it any wonder that investors aren't keen to pay into them?Quote:
Originally Posted by hibs0666
As for today's stuff, they may not be paying for it. That's still to be decided.
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Fair enough. That's considerably different to hibs0666's position though which seems to be that Scottish football will suffer until rangers are back at the top. Total pish imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyM_1875
There isn't one. [emoji3]Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyM_1875
That's what makes it so enjoyable.
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From a Hibs point of view you want to see Ashley inflict as much damage as possible, for as long as possible on Rangers.
I can't pretend that I didn't love seeing Ashley get the push ripped out of him today.
It's good because there will be losers but not necessarily winners.
You reckon that's Ashley done? He's just getting warmed up, trust me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
Well if today's shambles of a performance was him warming up, he needs a bunsen burner up his erchie to inflict any damage in future.Quote:
Originally Posted by magpie1892
Confused about the 5m.loan. Ashley's lawyer didn't know about the repayment? And no announcement from RIFC?
Are we sure it happened? :)
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He better show up with more than he did today. He's Dave King's bitch right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by magpie1892
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That is a thoroughly horrific image.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Agreed - I find it very difficult to believe they paid it with no fanfare, no front-page spread on the 'R*tard' with the headline 'PAID - UP YOURS MA !!'Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
At the time I thought it surprising that Ashley would not inform his team but given the shambles they were for the whole hearing, it's maybe not so surprising.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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He'll just get madder and madder. The guy's as psychotic as King is a liar. Unlike the penniless King, Ashley's obviously got the cash to play the long game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim44
Seriously, I've had a close up of Ashley's psyche for nearly nine years now. Not a chance in hell this is even close to over.
Don't bet against 'Sports Direct.com' as the next shirt sponsor of the hun.
If the judge has warned him to not talk to the press then surely he is in contempt of court for doing so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
If the judge has warned him to not talk to the press then surely he is in contempt of court for doing so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
A fine will be the outcome, will King have to pay it in instalments, does he even have the money to pay a fine. :greengrin
Did the judge give any warnings to the press/media about what they could print from today, the media/press hate when they get found guilty of contempt of court.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Shark officially jumped with not a hint of irony.
https://johnjamessite.wordpress.com/...ke-a-meringue/
SSN saying it was paid last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
That's where i heard it from, think it was Jim Whyte :greengrin