ian1964 10,372 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 MEDALS won by Rangers stars for winning the league have been seized under a court order. The badges, worth almost £20,000, were grabbed by agents acting for the club's former finance director Donald McIntyre. He recently won a legal bid to freeze £300,000 of the Gers' assets as part of a breach of contract case. Agents for McIntyre had targeted possible revenue from the Scottish Premier League owed to the club for television rights. No TV funds are due at present but they uncovered the title medals in a box at the SPL's offices. McIntyre was unaware of the move. He is understood to have been horrified players were being denied their gongs for their third Premier League title in a row. He has since ordered his team to "unfreeze" the medals. A source said: "This court case has nothing to do with the players. It is down to a dispute with the owners." McIntyre won his case at the Court of Session in Edinburgh this month when Lord Hodge ruled in his favour. He resigned as a director after treating his contract as having been repudiated. The same judge ordered the ring-fencing of £480,000 over a similar case brought by Rangers' former chief executive Martin Bain. The court actions come after the club's ownership was taken over from Sir David Murray by businessman Craig Whyte. Lord Hodge ruled in the arrestment proceedings brought by Mr Bain that there was "a real and substantial risk" of insolvency at Rangers following the major tax case the club faces. Bain has raised a £1.3million claim for damages against Rangers over his contract. Hm Revenue and Customs have had around £2.3million frozen in a tax dispute and the club also faces a disputed tax bill for up to £49million, which is under appeal. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2011/10/31/former-rangers-director-donald-mcintyre-horrified-after-court-order-results-in-seizure-of-league-medals-86908-23527104/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 they uncovered the title medals in a box at the SPL's offices. How does that work? The court order allowed them to go to a third party's offices and root through boxes and drawers? Is that really how it works? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Not just that, these medals are surely the property of the players and were only in Ibrox for safe keeping. No matter what any money mad person may say as way of apology, they don't belong to the club, so they should never have been removed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Not just that, these medals are surely the property of the players and were only in Ibrox for safe keeping. No matter what any money mad person may say as way of apology, they don't belong to the club, so they should never have been removed. They weren't at Ibrox. They were at the SPL's offices, according to the article. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 They weren't at Ibrox. They were at the SPL's offices, according to the article. Oh, sorry about that inaccuaracy, but the principle remains the same, where ever they were found. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggordy 0 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Oh, sorry about that inaccuaracy, but the principle remains the same, where ever they were found. This stinks ! Something's going on here. Why would sheriff's officers go to the SPL offices ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dutchy Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 In fact, it's even worse that these medals were taken from the SPL offices. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 What I'm confused about.... Are these the medals presented to the players by the SPL for winning the league, or are they additional ones commissioned by RFC for their players???? If they are medals from the SPL for the players, how can they then be deemed as assets of the club??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 In fact, it's even worse that these medals were taken from the SPL offices. Yeah, that was part of the point I was making. It's all very strange. In fact did it even happen? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 How does that work? The court order allowed them to go to a third party's offices and root through boxes and drawers? Is that really how it works? No way would that be allowed BD. Aside from anything else, these medals wouldnt have been RFC medals anyway. Until they are handed over by the SPL to RFC they would remain the property of SPL. The freezing of these medals would be freezing SPL assets, not RFC. Makes very, very little sense to me ! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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