ian1964 10,514 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 THE Scottish Premier League have called in CELTICâ??S lawyers to investigate RANGERS! Thatâ??s the sort of intro I would expect to see in a newspaper a week on Sunday.... that is on April 1st. Or perhaps not. After all, spoof stories in newspapers on April Foolâ??s Day are hoaxes which are meant to deceive you, to take you in. But who would believe a story which was quite so preposterous, quite so ludicrous, and quite such an affront to any sort of natural justice? Only a fool! Or the bigger fools at the Scottish Premier League who have actually come up with this appalling and iniquitous decision to hire the legal firm, Harper Macleod, who are Celticâ??s lawyers, to investigate claims that Rangers ran a dual contracts scam. You donâ??t believe me? I canâ??t say I blame you. No sane person would. But this is not sanity we are talking about. This is the Scottish Premier League who, along with their mates along the corridor on Hampdenâ??s sixth floor, the SFA, inhabit a sort of cross between Aliceâ??s Wonderland and the wonderful world of Oz, inhabited by Mad Hatters and Tin Men. Neil Doncaster? Stewart Regan? But, just in case you are still harbouring any doubts and think this old fool has got his dates confused and that this blog was meant to appear on April 1st, here is the confirmation, courtesy of a glowing testament to Harper Macleod from no less an authority than SFA chief executive Stewart Reganâ??s Hampden boardroom best buddy, Peter Lawwell who employs them to work for Celtic. "Lorne Crerar has shown the vision and management excellence to create a very dynamic and strong growth firm. Rod McKenzie clearly has had a role to play in this development and in addition, he is still "on the tools" and provides great support to our Club. They also have a very impressive Chief Executive in Martin Darroch. The working environment, partnership and employee relationship appears to be first class and clearly the excellent pattern in staff retention reflects this." Peter Lawwell, Chief Executive, Celtic F.C. Limited And thereâ??s more. Not from Lawwell, but from someone else whose name is well known to regular readers. A man who, when Lloyds Bank was turning the screw on Rangers, was boasting to the BBC that he was in charge of all of Lloyds business banking in Scotland, one Manus Joseph Fullerton, a self confessed Celtic fanatic and founding director of the Celtic Trust. He produced this glowing tribute to the legal firm employed by the SPL to probe Rangers. "Lloyds TSB Scotland has benefited from a close working relationship built up over a number of years. Their approach to managing Client relationships focuses on understanding the business need and developing interesting and innovative solutions. Harper Macleod really understands what they bring to a client relationship and it is clear that their success in recent years owes much to a clear implementation of a strategy built on strong personal and business relationship with the Bank." Manus Fullerton, Former Director Wholesale Banking Scotland, Lloyds TSB Scotland So just who was it at the Scottish Premier League who thought it would be a good idea to employ Celticâ??s solicitors to work for them investigating Rangers? Well, one thing we do know is that Lawwellâ??s lapdog â?? though at £220,000-a-year heâ??s an expensive poodle â?? Celtic financial director, Eric Riley, sits on the SPL Board. Did he have a say? Did he propose Harper Macleod? And did another board member, Dundee Unitedâ??s virulently anti-Rangers chairman, Stephen Thomson, just nod his head in agreement with his Parkhead pal? We should not be surprised at the Celtic link though. One of the members of Regan and Lawwellâ??s SFA, appointed for their probe into the mismanagement of Rangers during the nine months conman Craig Whyte was creating havoc, is a man who sat in the same boardroom as Celtic director Ian Livingston. Yes, you can rely on the Celtic cabal inside the SPL and the SFA to come up trumps when it comes to getting their own people in place to probe Rangers.. Or at least, thatâ??s most certainly the way it may look to some, especially after this latest bombshell. Of course, there is no suggestion that a reputable law firm such as Harper Macleod would act in any improper way. They will no doubt insist that â??Chinese Wallsâ? exist within the firm. But Rangers and their supporters are entitled to feel sceptical about such assurances after getting the same promises from administrators Duff and Phelps regarding keeping their senior partner, David Grier, clear of Rangers, after he assisted Craig Whyte in the WHYTE SCANDAL, only for them to try to sneak Grier into David Murrayâ??s Charlotte Square offices, only to be caught red handed by the Daily Record and Daily Telegraph. SFA call in Celtic directorâ??s pal to investigate Rangers! True! SPL call in Celtic lawyers to probe Rangers! True! When it comes to Aliceâ??s Wonderland and the Wonderful World of Oz on Hampdenâ??s sixth floor, filled with Mad Hatter and Tin Men and the stories they generate, every day is April Foolâ??s Day. .............. AND......... Iâ??ve got some startling news for the SPL. And for the SFA. News which will blow Neil Doncaster and Stewart Regan further away than Aliceâ??s Wonderland, or even the Wonderful World of Oz. It is all to do with what will happen if they decide Rangers have played players who were not properly registered with the SFA. It will echo from Rio to Rotterdam. From Paris to Paisley. HERE! TOMORROW! http://leggoland2.blogspot.co.uk/ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 . A man who, when Lloyds Bank was turning the screw on Rangers, was boasting to the BBC that he was in charge of all of Lloyds business banking in Scotland, one Manus Joseph Fullerton, a self confessed Celtic fanatic and founding director of the Celtic Trust. He produced this glowing tribute to the legal firm employed by the SPL to probe Rangers. I totally did not know this. So we've been getting screwed for years potentially. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,376 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I totally did not know this. So we've been getting screwed for years potentially. Probably not. That was Leggat's second attempt at trying to find someone with a RC/Celtic connection who could be blamed. There's never been any suggestion elsewhere that Fullerton had any influence over the Rangers account. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,363 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 What remains is not only that lawyers connected to Celtic are called in by an SPL board and chief with distinct connections to that club, or lenient behaviour to that club. For months e.g. Doublestandards has shown that the SPL and its chief show utter neglect to unlawful (mind you!) behaviour by thousands of Celtic supporters, while intently listening to the chatter of a handful of Rangers people wherever we go. And charge some persons for essentially nothing. If someone would actually start collecting all the evidence, and not just the slaggish behaviour by the authorities, but also the negativity oozing out of the media, people would wonder whether this is a full-blooded inquisition taking place in the 21st century. Anyone talking about us being paranoid about this would need their head examined. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggordy 0 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 This would be the Lawyers in question! http://www.bentjudges.com/Harper_MacLeod.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudrup11 0 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Harper MacLeod have been SPLs lawyers for a number of years aswell I don't think they would act in anyway other than professional should it go the distance. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 0 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I would take this as a pinch of salt. Just because Celtic pay these guys to be their lawyers does not sway their judgement. Lawyers only care about money and winning cases. They don't care about their clients. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,376 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 It's wrong that solicitors who act on behalf of Celtic are asked to perform an independent review of Rangers, which could end up having a beneficial impact on their clients. They should consider it a conflict of interest and recuse themselves. Lawyers need to have an appearance of independence as well as their own belief of independence. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudrup11 0 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 It's wrong that solicitors who act on behalf of Celtic are asked to perform an independent review of Rangers, which could end up having a beneficial impact on their clients. They should consider it a conflict of interest and recuse themselves. Lawyers need to have an appearance of independence as well as their own belief of independence. They represent the SPL as well 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,376 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 They represent the SPL as well I don't see that as being relevant. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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