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I suspect it's somewhat unlikely, but I think there's a deal to be done. Both sides would likely want an airtight contract given the trust issues, but at the moment surely it makes sense for everyone for CCFC to be at the Ricoh. In fairness I'd like ACL to publicly repeat their best offer for...

Poor old Jarni - he gets the chance to play for one of the best sides in Europe, but then is whisked away to Spain before he can even strap his boots on. ;) Then he has the simple rotten luck to end up managing a side under a chairman that makes Orange Ken look stable. I hope his contract is...

Hey no worries - wasn't trying to shoot you down or anything, it's just something that stuck in my mind at the time. :)

Boy, it took a long time to wade through all of that court stuff. I think what I took out of it (in a nutshell) was this: In March 2012 SISU threatened to pull out of CCFC (twice) if they didn't get their hands on the Ricoh and access to revenue streams. This at the start of negotiations...

There clearly was a basis for the claim - a signed contract which said SISU would pay Higgs costs under certain conditions. I think it's kind of splitting hairs, but there's your 'legal basis'. What the judge decided, specifically, was that the specifics of contract law didn't allow the claim...

Hi Wingy - I'm not sure the JR has been delayed. When the resubmission was approved I think the Council asked for an early date... 'James Goudie, the QC representing Coventry City Council, requested the judicial review could be scheduled sooner than the standard timescale given that the...

Yep, I wonder if the Higgs guy might have been angling along the lines that the Charity's case was slightly better than the counterclaim. I think when he had a few minutes to reconsider he realised that it was a pointless argument. SISU's QC was just a bit sharper by the sound of it. They...

You should be so lucky mate. I've had a beard for years (before they were even fashionable in fact). Despite many, many attempts, I can't seem to get involved in anything scandalous. ;)

Couldn't resist giving that a like. ;)

In what way did they do that, sorry?

You do realise this quote is from the SISU side don't you? And that they actually lost a significant part of their case too. Nil-all, as the judge said. I'd read the court transcript to get the full view. In any case, I suspect both sides play stupid PR games on message boards. I always...

It's easy to say the action is 'ill-advised' in retrospect isn't it, but that doesn't make it true. Things end up in court because both sides think they've got a case - if one side or the other thinks they haven't, they settle well before risking all that money. I don't exactly see the Higgs...

Must confess that after the stuff about the six-weeks exclusivity came out, I thought it was pretty much nailed on for Higgs. What was surprising was how far down the track the judge was prepared to go in digging up stuff from August and beyond. I'm also surprised at how much of an easy ride...

They'll offer the QC a third of the bill and when he doesn't take it, walk away. ;)

Then I don't think you've understood the law. Councils are allowed to invest and hold shares, and are allowed to support that investment.

You're not throwing more money in, you're making sure a third-party can't undermine the value of something that you own 50% by securing it against their threat. In actuality if ACL survive and continue to pay off the mortgage at the current deal, the council make money. And they still have...

Not for me. Without the charity putting in £6.5m, the Ricoh doesn't get built. This wasn't an investment in the hope of a return, it was a bail out when the club had absolutely no other hope of survival. Unless the club buy that share back at something like that price, then basically they've...

Well, there's all the money they put in to enable the build. Initially around £30m, the £10m grant and £20m loan. (The latter became the mortgage, in effect). It's fronting up that cash that gave them the share in ACL. And then the actual value of ACL. Higgs put their half at £5m - £7m...

I'd have thought so, unless they've read it that the judge really did think that both sides were as bad as each other and they were wasting their time asking for costs. But then you're in court - what's one more question, 'We would like to seek costs'.

Their investment in ACL, which is more than a business simply holding a lease.