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2 - 1 down, Baker off. Having a bit of a strop by the sound of it. Oh dear.

They aren't claims in the way that you've been talking about claims, for financial damages. They are court cases relating to whether a public body has made a proper judgement. And I don't much care for being called that, thanks.

Again, I'm afraid you're wrong. You may or may not know more about the law than me, but on this you're dead wrong. You're talking about a claim here in a financial sense, and it's pretty easy to find out that Judicial Reviews of this type rarely if ever give rise to damages. I would have...

There is no compensation at issue here. Just a judgement regarding whether the Council's actions were proper. Would you stop now with the bullshit.

Come off it. You don't have to explain the law to me. This hasn't even made it to a full Judicial Review, it's fallen at the first hurdle where a judge has decided that there isn't even enough of a case to take forward to full court proceedings. And it's not a claim. It's a JR. There are no...

It's not a technicality. A technicality would be something like not submitting the correct papers in time. The judge analysed the facts, and applied the law. "I am not persuaded that there is an arguable case that the loan by the council constituted an unlawful state aid. "It was made on...

I'm sorry but that is, once again, utter rubbish. This is the judge saying, your claim is without merit, go away and pay the other sides costs. They can appeal it, but that's that. On what possible basis could they restart the process with a new JR? They'd have to begin with an entirely new...

See your point, but now I think about it, it's actually a pretty big case. With this put to bed (assuming no successful appeal), I think it means that ACL can sit and wait SISU out. Fundamentally this earns them a lot of breathing space - the Council hold the mortgage, so they're not going to...

I like the 'associated companies' theory - I like it lots. Not saying it would work mind, but there is what seems to me the odd idea that Holdings can assert beneficial ownership of everything in Ltd without any contingent liablilities. I'd like to see that explained too. And I enjoy the...

Yep - not saying that that won't happen, but the tricky thing is that CCFC Ltd is a separate entity in law. I don't know how you could extend the claim to the associated companies. Similarly, with the claims against the directors, I'm not sure you can do much more than flag it up to the...

Ooh, it's better than that. I'm not saying this has happened, mind, but if a company's directors are found guilty of fraudulent and/or wrongful trading, then they themselves can be held liable for the debts of the company. (Edit: This includes shadow directors, fwiw). This is something I think...

Much as I hate to disagree with Torchy, ahem... ;) ... surely Fisher is far worse than Richardson. Richardson did indeed relegate us, and take us from a stadium we own into one that we rent. But Fisher has done the much the same, excepting that the stadium that we're now going to rent isn't...

I take your point, but I think they've done it Hugh. That was the point of the administration. It was always accepted that there was a debt, it was just that CCFC Ltd apparently didn't have enough money to pay it, having mysteriously run up debts of £60m and having (seemingly) no assets.

Mate, I know where you're coming from. No one hates SISU more than I do, but if there's a chance of getting the team back to Coventry and having an honest negotiation I'd urge everyone to go for it. SISU must know they're done now. They're not going to get the Ricoh for nowt. Getting the...

I think the chances of ACL getting the lost rent have gone with the Administration. FWIW, and just mho etc., I think rather than crowing this is where ACL should offer the olive branch. Come back home, take the £150k deal (which must mean ACL making a loss), and let's talk slowly and calmly...

So much for SISU being 'experts' when it comes to court cases then. Also, as others have mentioned, rather shows TSB wasn't quite the oracle he claimed to be.

Personally speaking, I'd just take Fisher at his word on this. If he'd truly welcome an investigation, then why wait? My biggest concern relates to how the assets in CCFC Ltd seem to have disappeared whilst the debts have increased. If Fisher genuinely wants to allay our fears on that, why...

If you can let me know where you live, I'll keep a special eye on the place for you. Nice big TV you've got there, btw. ;)

I'm not much in favour of blocking the roads for any kind of protest. Surely it just winds everybody up and people need to get to places for reasons other than football, sometimes quite urgently. Simply not buying a ticket at Northampton is a very strong message, and I can't help but think...

In fairness I don't think this compromises any criminal case at all. What it does though is add to the body of evidence that something unusual seems to have gone on at CCFC Ltd. If that puts a bit more pressure on the FL and/or SISU and/or the Administrator, fantastic. With regard to a...