Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:45 pm  

Apparently tomorrow could be important regarding our legal case according to league express headline.

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:39 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Apparently tomorrow could be important regarding our legal case according to league express headline.

The report says there is a mediation meeting on Monday. Perhaps the most interesting news is that there are 4 respondents and the old company ( Marc Green) is NOT one of them. It's the RFL, the new company, the administrators and the insolvency service. They report that the most costly of the claims relate to TUPE and failure to consult.
If not resolved by mediation it will be an Employment Tribunal set for 7 days in January.

[Bullseye]

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:06 pm  

I'd expect some sort of settlement out of court.

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 5:16 am  

Hopefully they will reach an agreement before xmas.
It would be nice to start next year with a clean sheet rather than the sword of damacles

[Bulliac]

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:16 am  

He is one of the claimants, I believe?

Still haven't worked out how the newco are involved, though. It makes little sense to me.

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:27 am  

Bulliac wrote:

He is one of the claimants, I believe?

Still haven't worked out how the newco are involved, though. It makes little sense to me.

I think the basic argument is that the newco is just the old co, i.e. the old co was not liquidated but sold on to ChaLo. I believe the argument is that the RFL had control over who the new owners were and not the Administrator and that fines belonging to the old co (12 point deduction etc) were imposed onto newco.

[Bullseye]

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:34 am  

rugbyreddog wrote:

I think the basic argument is that the newco is just the old co, i.e. the old co was not liquidated but sold on to ChaLo. I believe the argument is that the RFL had control over who the new owners were and not the Administrator and that fines belonging to the old co (12 point deduction etc) were imposed onto newco.

That's my understanding too. Didn't the administrator complain that the admin process was circumvented by the RFL? The article in League Express reckons that if it gets to tribunal the whole saga will be laid bare. That could be embarrassing enough to force a settlement. Who settles is anyone's guess but to me it looks like the RFL engineered the whole process.

I'd expect any players that have signed new deals will have dropped out of claiming.

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:36 am  

You're right, it is a strange one.

We know from Social-Media Man & co that Thorne was allowed into the stadium by Pet-tit AFTER he'd announced liquidation. Didn't their reports say Thorne offered to tupe the entire squad that remained to the new-co he's registered at Companies house? Surely that Petit's problem...There were only two registered entities at CH at that time, Green's & Thorne's, IIRC Orca's Bulls was registered a week or two later.

As the RFL kyboshed it and the players lost wages you'd imaging they are carrying the can. How he pins that on Cha-Low, who you'd assume took the club in good faith, is going to be interesting to see.

Maybe Niggle will use part of his obscene salary to pour some of his snake oil on those troubled waters...........

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:10 am  

Bullseye wrote:

That's my understanding too. Didn't the administrator complain that the admin process was circumvented by the RFL? The article in League Express reckons that if it gets to tribunal the whole saga will be laid bare. That could be embarrassing enough to force a settlement. Who settles is anyone's guess but to me it looks like the RFL engineered the whole process.

This - which is why it will be settled today with a contribution from the RFL!

[Bullseye]

Re: 2018 Bradford Bulls : Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:19 am  

Frank Whitcombe wrote:

This - which is why it will be settled today with a contribution from the RFL!

Hope that's more accurate than some of your previous predictions!