Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:30 pm  

I am not a cllr Box fan, but he did make a public statement about Yorkcourt, I quote "" Yorkcourt have no intention of providing a stadium, they should walk away, we can then look to someone else to provide one'' unquote, therefore what do we believe now ? ?

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:40 pm  

TrinTrin wrote:

I am not a cllr Box fan, but he did make a public statement about Yorkcourt, I quote "" Yorkcourt have no intention of providing a stadium, they should walk away, we can then look to someone else to provide one'' unquote, therefore what do we believe now ? ?

Box had his fingers crossed at the time he said this.

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:15 am  

Is anyone thinking about objecting to the letter? Adding comments?

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:09 am  

I have instructed my solicitors to inform you that I am the love child of Elvis Presley.

The above statement has the same validity as that of Yorkcourt solicitors statement.

If you pay them enough they will say it but it doesn’t make it correct or even mean they believe it.

Yorkcourt are fishing, they are testing the resolve of the opposition. They are doing so because the opposition is annoying them by stopping them doing what they do best - buy ridiculously cheap then sell at huge profits.

However there comes a point where they need to move the goods and it looks like we are now at that point. To me this is a good thing because at least we know where we stand and can fight fire with fire.

That site has great value and if Yorkcourt can’t make it work it won’t be long before they are under pressure from those who can and who in turn may be a little more reasonable.

Also as an aside Box is now under real pressure for numerous reasons so hopefully this will only speed his demise.

So not bad news imho.

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:00 am  

I imagine the council will eventually just throw their hands up and say 'sorry, our fault' (probably some blanket statement, not Box obviously) and blame it on some error in not seeing the loopholes in the original agreement. Then say legally there's nothing to stop Yorkcourt with other applications and just carry on letting them do what they wish. The council gets the blame and labeled inept which we already know, and nothing changes...

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:30 am  

Jizzer wrote:

I imagine the council will eventually just throw their hands up and say 'sorry, our fault' (probably some blanket statement, not Box obviously) and blame it on some error in not seeing the loopholes in the original agreement. Then say legally there's nothing to stop Yorkcourt with other applications and just carry on letting them do what they wish. The council gets the blame and labeled inept which we already know, and nothing changes...

Human error is always a good one, and strangely enough the solicitor for WMDC resigned a few weeks since, scapegoat anyone?

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:32 am  

vastman wrote:

Yorkcourt are fishing, they are testing the resolve of the opposition. They are doing so because the opposition is annoying them by stopping them doing what they do best - buy ridiculously cheap then sell at huge profits.

I tend to agree - these letters, whilst they sound authoritative, are often just statements of intent; what this does do however, quite aside from the legal complexities, is make YC's attitude and intentions entirely clear - as predicted, they do not intend to contribute a brass farthing to a community stadium, and will instead continue to obfuscate and circumvent the agreement until the site is built-out.

WMDC's response will be interesting - I would imagine they'll desperately be looking for some kind of compromise, as if this goes fully legal, several parties will have skeletons that they'd much rather stayed firmly in the closet - not least Mr Box and his cohorts.

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:39 am  

If the solicitor who resigned ever gets subpoenaed, who knows just what will come out.

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:46 am  

There must be a Deep throat in this saga , my best guess would be Jeffries and her relationship with Rodders

Re: We are not getting a penny say yorkcourts solicitiors : Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:06 am  

bellycouldtackle wrote:

There must be a Deep throat in this saga , my best guess would be Jeffries and her relationship with Rodders

That's an image I can do without