ian1964 10,513 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Former Collyer Bristow partner and ex-Rangers Football Club company secretary Gary Withey has dropped plans to join the £25m trial over the football clubâ??s finances as a defendant. The Lawyer reported in August that proceedings had been delayed after Withey expressed a desire to defend himself against allegations regarding his conduct in a claim for damages against his former firm (13 August 2012). Withey could not be contacted, but The Lawyer understands he no longer wants to be a defendant in the case. The case has been brought by Rangersâ?? administrators at Duff & Phelps against Collyer Bristow. The firm is accused of â??deliberate deceptionâ? in relation to Witheyâ??s role in businessman Craig Whyteâ??s doomed takeover of the Scottish club. Withey, who is now a consultant for Segens, had instructed Mayer Brown partner Will Glassey and Wilberforce Chambersâ?? John Wardell QC to represent him. But he is now represented by the same Clyde & Co team acting for Collyer Bristow. Taylor Wessing restructuring partners Nick Moser and Neil Smyth and South Squareâ??s Mark Phillips QC are instructed for the administrators, with Clyde & Co partner Richard Harrison and senior associate Nicole McKinnon and 3VBâ??s Cyril Kinsky QC and Matthew Hardwick and Wilberforce Chambersâ?? Ian Croxford QC representing Collyer Bristow. The trial will be heard in 2013. Rangers has since been reformed as a â??newcoâ?? and this week announced its intentions to float with a £20m IPO. Field Fisher Waterhouse and Travers Smith are involved (11 October 2012). http://www.thelawyer.com/withey-exits-rangers-trial-as-intervener-application-dropped/1014897.article 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,066 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I'd hazard a guess that things in this case might just take a distinct turn in the not so distant future. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuznetsov 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I'd hazard a guess that things in this case might just take a distinct turn in the not so distant future. is that good for us mate? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I was disappointed by this but forlan has convinced me to temper that disappointment for now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frost 0 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Withey is still a defendant under the CB defence, whither the fact that he was also our clubs secretary has any bearing will be interesting, in any event he hasn't exited the case. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,066 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I expect Collyer Bristow to turn this round so it bites Duff & Phelps in the arse in light of Whyte's revelation. He also claimed Duff and Phelps knew of the controversial Ticketus deal before the purchase of the club was complete http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19976991 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,357 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Withey, who is now a consultant for Segens, had instructed Mayer Brown partner Will Glassey and Wilberforce Chambers’ John Wardell QC to represent him These law chaps apparently love to be consultants or advisors or partners to someone else and it probably is a requirement to have at least two names involved in each case ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,066 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 What odds on Duff & Phelps themselves being made a party to the action due to their complicity in the Ticketus deal?........... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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