ian1964 10,409 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 FORMER Ibrox chief executive Charles Green has been thwarted in a bid to dissolve the company at the centre of major dispute over the ownership of Rangers. The Yorkshire businessman who fronted the takeover of Rangers through the purchase of liquidated assets, has twice tried and failed to have the firm used for the purchase, Sevco 5088 Limited, struck from the companies register, it has emerged. Experts say the move, if it was successful, would have undermined future court action by former Rangers owner Craig Whyte and business partner Aiden Earley over Rangers ownership. The three men are currently locked in a legal battle over ownership of the Rangers. Club auditors Deloitte previously raised concerns over an "uncertain outcome" of the potential litigation which they said remains a key uncertainty hanging over the business. Donald McNaught, business recovery and insolvency director at Johnston Carmichael said: "The dissolution of that company would significantly undermine any right of action. "If that legal entity is the vehicle that is entitled to an action, then it is fundamental to any later legal action, because it is the party with the rights." Mr Whyte had always insisted he was the main driver behind Sevco 5088 - the company identified by administrators in May 29, 2012 as being the newco that was "contractually obliged" to purchase the assets and business of operating company RFC 2012 plc which was in administration. Mr Green denied in April, last year that Mr Whyte or Mr Earley were involved in Sevco 5088 and said director documents lodged at Companies House were not valid and it is understood were referred to police by legal firm Pinsent Masons. Mr Whyte produced recordings of a conversation between the pair, with Mr Green appearing to tell him: "You are Sevco, that's what we are saying." Mr Green said at the time: "This is correct but at that point I had signed a resignation letter and a stock transfer form because it was decided that a Scottish company should buy a Scottish institution. Sevco 5088 wasn't required." In April, last year, Rangers International Football Club plc, the holding company which owns the assets, said that Sevco 5088 was not an active subsidiary describing it as a "defunct non trading company". Termination proceedings began in 2012 and documents show RIFC claim it would have been struck off by the Registrar of Companies had "false claims of directorships" not been filed. A statement on the Rangers website on April 12 said Mr Green was the sole director of Sevco 5088 and he had resigned to be the founder director of Sevco Scotland Ltd, the company he transferred Rangers' assets to once the CVA had failed. By October, last year, RIFC had spent £600,000 contesting the claim by Mr Whyte and Mr Earley. This month it emerged Mr Earley was banned from being a director in Britain for five years. But the Insolvency Service has given sanction for him to remain as a director of Sevco 5088. It was understood this is connected to the court battle over Rangers' ownership. In the last attempt, Mr Green was the only signatory to application to dissolve the company. Applications have to be signed by all or the majority of directors. Following an objection, the proceedings were suspended. No further details were available. According to Companies House rules, a request for dissolving a firm can be made if it is not subject to any legal proceedings, current or proposed and has not traded within the previous three months. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/green-fails-in-legal-bid-to-dissolve-rangers-company.24368891 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,234 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 In the very least, Green works to thwart any claims Whyte may have on the club (most likely to keep his own back to the wall too). You have to admire the restraint shown by the Bears worldwide that Whyte is actually walking about, whereas you wonder about the legal system at work ... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 For someone who no longer has any connection to the club, he's a busy boy. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 just proves that whyte has a case here. green must be shitting himself. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMazza 0 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 just proves that whyte has a case here. green must be shitting himself. Yeah that was exactly what I thought. Why dissolve it if you are in the right? To try twice seems as though he is panicking. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,234 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 ... or one con-artist trying to outsmart another after being outsmarted? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calgacus 8 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 We've spent £600,000 already on this...what a mess. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,234 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 We've spent £600,000 already on this...what a mess. An FFer remarked: The £600k is the Pinsent Mason investigation costs rather than the direct cost of defending this claim. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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