Rangers have asked the High Court in London to overturn a gagging order

[BalooBear 7]

Best of luck to the legal team, but trading laws in the UK are not set up for the benefit of the customer, so there's no chance at all that 'common sense' will be applied - that was a (presumably) one off aberration which you'll wait a long, long time to see a court repeat.

 

If Ashley has his legal cards in order we have no chance, regardless of how onerous or self defeating a contract may be. But I like the cut of Rangers' arguments, they seem based on reasonably solid legal objection.

 

What company would sign a deal where they receive five pence in every pound spent on their merchandise/brand surely the 'common sense' argument applies even more.

Edited November 29, 2015 by BalooBear

[Germinal 27]

On the face of it I don't disagree, but common sense is not a facet of the law. This is usually a good thing, since one man's common sense is another woman's extremism, so we have to hope that laws are framed with enough of what society would see as a broadly acceptable basis in shared wisdom to do the job. But when it comes to financials, and I only speak from my own experience, the basis is entirely on allowing owners to facilitate their own wealth accumulation and in no way focused on what may or may not be good for an individual business.

 

It's this ethos, prevalent since the mid-80's, which allows characters like Whyte not only to operate but to operate over a period of time, despite their previous behaviour. Radio 4's You & Yours has, over years, provided examples of these characters and their behaviour, and the most depressing aspect of it is that the law offers little comfort to those burnt.

 

So while it's obvious to us that the contracts are insane, hurt the business and are on any basis manifestly unfair, the law may see it differently.

[Bluedell 5,350]

It depends on what judge you get.

[BlueMazza 0]

But the Ibrox defence papers reveal that not only does the seven-year notice period exist, but it can only be activated once Rangers pay off a £5million loan from Ashley’s company MASH Limited.

 

This is horrifying. So if the loan gets paid now, we have another 7 years to wait? Seven years of not really buying strips? Fucking hell.