The possibility for legal action, if there is any, is to bring a civil case on the basis that various parties have been deliberately unreasonable (not that they have broken the law) and that has caused damage to the SISU "good name", the investment and the business. It is not a clear cut case of rules were broken. It would tie various parties up in expensive legal costs for some time. Is there a case to be made i have no idea. The aim would be to obtain compensation. Certainly Seppala has always maintained that she and her companies have been mistreated and unfairly dealt with. The burden of proof i believe would be much less
How they square that with the damage their own actions have caused i have no idea
Hi OSB, there are only two possible strands to further action then, as I read it.
1) Damage to reputation. This is covered by defamation and I think SISU would have to find some kind of statement made by one of the parties within the last year, that would cause their reputation serious harm (no sniggering now)
and have caused serious financial loss. I can't think of anything in recent times that would fall into that...
2) Conspiracy, which could be 'lawful means' conspiracy, which I think means the parties acted in concert, within the law, but with the primary intent of their actions being to injure SISU (rather than to further their own legitimate interests); or 'unlawful means' conspiracy, where the parties in concert acted illegally and injured SISU (regardless of whether that was their primary intention or not).
Of all of those, I think the only one that could have any legs would be 'lawful means' conspiracy, based perhaps on how ACL, CCC and The Higgs Charity have acted. The obvious defence to this though, is that the parties' primary motivation was to protect or further their own interests rather than injure SISU. There might be some mileage in this I suppose, and with Wasps owning ACL I guess they could be drawn into it that way. Pretty thin though - that defence of acting legally and in your own best interests looks like an easy way out to me.
Ah, the things that you need to read up on when you're a Cov fan. I remember when all we had to complain about was the left-back and cold pies.
P.S. I just noticed your avatar. There's definitely something apposite about the CCFC Financial Director appearing underwater.
P.P.S. I don't get the impression that SISU are big on self-reflection, in terms of comparing their actions against others at least.
