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Again, I see nothing in law that says that the Council couldn't have put a covenant on the sale that guaranteed the right of the club to rent the ground at a set price or based on some kind of formula. Without that the Council's promise that the sale of the ground wouldn't be to the detriment...

He might well be a decent bloke, but there's nothing in the tone of his article to suggest that's he's in the slightest bit bothered about what Wasps have done. Plus the rather glaring factual error about them filling the Ricoh seems to point to a certain carelessness regarding the facts...

Which negates my point not a jot. This is brinksmanship, as OSB says, and this is Wasps and the Council getting their PR in early in case it all goes wrong.

None of which would stand up in court, or probably even get there. If you're not paying your lease, and you get kicked out, you're never going to be able to claim those reasons. Like it or not there were some points in some very technical law which merited argument for the JRs, hence them...

Always good to hear from you OSB. I am politely unconvinced though. :) Would it really have been that difficult to covenant the sale with a clause that the club must at least be offered an annual rental agreement at terms of x + RPI, perhaps dependent on division (regardless of what SISU...

I take your point but I don't think they'll want to leave it that late. I honestly believe, regardless of which side of the fence you sit on, what we're seeing here is Wasps and the council getting their PR retaliation in early. To reverse this, don't get me wrong, SISU have been nothing but a...

My thanks mate, but again, what frivolous reason? There's a contract for the rugby club to supply the facility, and the football club to pay the rent due. it's pretty straightforward and there's all sorts of protection for landlord in law and against his costs. You'll note that SISU, even...

Similarly, the council have gambled the future of the CCFC on Wasps being a roaring success and on their cheerful good nature being sufficient to guarantee the club a home in the city. Don't tell me that's a coherent plan either, because it's clearly not. There was always a better strategy...

But you're starting your argument from a fallacy. In what way does renting to SISU expose them to legal action unless Wasps breach the contract? There are no JRs in commercial law. Like other commercial leases you have cast iron terms, a short lease period and/or break clauses if you sense...

Good question. Hypothetically then... If my mate ran a business, let's say an unprofitable rugby club that owned a football stadium and had other tenants like hotels and a casino. And let's say that he was 37m or so in the hole with 5% interest or more to pay on it every year. And there was...

Why risk what? Again, what are the risks here to Wasps with a new deal? If the contract is solid, CCFC pay rent and Wasps provide the stadium, then what risk is there?

No, it's quite clearly a threat. Whether it's a legitimate one or not is a matter of opinion.

I'm pretty certain there's no legal obligation on Wasps to offer CCFC a deal (though funnily enough that is one of the conditions that the Council could have insisted on when selling to Wasps, had they genuinely cared about the future of the club). However the presence or absence of a deal...

In terms of the cost of defending potential legal actions, whether Wasps offer a deal to CCFC or not is academic. SISU could pursue an action regardless of the club's location or remt costs. I get that Wasps wouldn't want to be blamed for the club leaving the town again; the fact that the spin...

I quite like Conn, but the fact that he ignores the fact that the deal offered to Wasps was never offered to the club, and that he never mentions that Wasps uprooted themselves over 80 miles to move here makes this rather one-eyed. I bet he wouldn't be behind a football club doing the same, but...

I grew up in Tile HIll, and I lived in Spon End. I know which of the two I'd prefer. Jardine Crescent isn't posh, but I still walk down to those shops every week or two and I've never felt threatened by the locals. There's the odd scrote everywhere in this town, but if you take people as you...

See, I used to think that - I'm sure I could beat Farah over twenty yards. The truth is though that he's bloody fast - 5k in 13 minutes is pretty much spriniting all the way for normal humans! There's a good BBC video here that convinced me...

Had it happen once to me on the A45 up by the old transport cafe past the Fosse Way roundabout. Someone had lost their bearings and turned right out of the cafe and was going the wrong way down the dual carriageway just as I came flying off the roundabout. No harm actually done, but I'd guess...

Sorry. completely missed that. As a private individual just organising bookings I'm not sure he'd have to have public liability would he? The coach company certainly would be obliged though, I'm sure.

I see what you're saying but a lot of companies don't have that facility - especially ones that are mainly business to business. Funnily enough I prefer not to pay things via a website, especially to small businesses whom I don't always trust to have adequate levels of security. If I could...