Breaking news: Spuds granted judicial review

[The Rebirth]

Why have they been given the right to press ahead? Well obviously they have dirt on us the thing is if they can get it out in the open without being charged for breach of Data Protection is another thing!

You just know that we're going to lose this and that speccy four eyed bald **** Levy is going to get what he wants.

[ironstu]

Judicial review granted....maybe just maybe we can stay at our home!

[Iron-worx]

rogerblitz Roger Blitz
Judge grants judicial review to Spurs and Orient, but only on issue of state aid

I don't really see any logic in that,..

Newham are partners in a bid who happen to be a local authority, they needn't have been they may have been a private company in which case no issue of public money could have arisen...

Conversely if a partner in such a bid is a local authority then it is absolutely 100% certain that public money must be involved....

Surely the ruling can't be that local authorities cannot enter into such partnership bids in their own borough without judicial review purely on the basis of that ????????

There must be something questionable about the procedure through which Newham obtained and handled the money is the only thing I can think of that makes sense.

More apposite than beak grants judicial review on the basis of public money is beak doesn't grant judicial review on the basis of anything else, beaks decision rules a lot of things out.

[Up the Junction]

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[Neil's Orr]

Limited knowledge but state aid is normally about ensuring that an entity hasn't achieved a competitive/commercial advantage purely as a result of funds provided by the state.

It's dem ****ers from brussels I tell ya.

[-DL-]

This seems like de ja vouz, like Sheff Utd. Keep on going to court until they get the answer they want. f*** 'em, let them have the stadium, let them move to Stratford, and watch them go skint because they have spent £££££'s redeveloping the site, and end up struggling to even qualify for Europa League.

Even so, I cannot see how it can ever be seen as 'State Aid', as it is a commercial partnership with a unitary local authority. But what do I know?

[MikeNewell'sOldBoys]

For clarification: The review can only look at the decision making process, not the decsision itself.
Spurs will not be able to argue for the decision to be overturned.
The best they can hope for is that the review finds in their favour, that the decision was unfair, and the bid books have to be opened all over again.

[gegsy]

For clarification: The review can only look at the decision making process, not the decsision itself.
Spurs will not be able to argue for the decision to be overturned.
The best they can hope for is that the review finds in their favour, that the decision was unfair, and the bid books have to be opened all over again.

Oh sweet lord. I'd rather they just give em it now and save the ****ing tedium.

[Hayden]

For clarification: The review can only look at the decision making process, not the decsision itself.
Spurs will not be able to argue for the decision to be overturned.
The best they can hope for is that the review finds in their favour, that the decision was unfair, and the bid books have to be opened all over again.

It's all too Sheffield United for me...

Fail - Appeal - Fail - Appeal - Fail - Appeal - Win - No Appeal Allowed

I know that's not the case... but it's just reminiscent. I really do despise Levy.

[Ozza]

I'm looking at this in a very different light, Judicial review granted to Spuds a day after they have been given encouragement about a site of their own, surely the ball is totally in their court and gets the govt out of a sticky situation?

[Believer]

This has totally blown me away. One minute they are in agreement with Boris and all is rosy. Next thing Boris offers them a pittance so Levy spits his dummy out and goes to court regardless. This is nothing short of Blackmail ! Had Boris given them £50m Govt money yesterday, none of this would have happened.

G&S&B MUST press ahead with their legal dispute about spurs' investigations and possible phone tapping etc.... Let the whole country see what a dispicable bunch of horrible C**** they are !!

[thomas aquinas]

why don't we just arrange a meeting with boris and say 'look. can we have millions of pounds to build a new stadium near where we are now? if we can then let spurs have the olympic stadium. if we can't then we are gonna drag this olympic stadium bidding process through every court in this land (and those of europe if need be) until you do give us enough money to build a new stadium near where we are now'

seems to be working for levy. if we was to do the same maybe we could end up with a new stadium and no loan (as opposed to a new stadium and £40 million pound loan)

must be worth a try

[Believer]

I'm looking at this in a very different light, Judicial review granted to Spuds a day after they have been given encouragement about a site of their own, surely the ball is totally in their court and gets the govt out of a sticky situation?

It is blackmail Ozza - the Govt have now committed to 2017. If thfc press on with this bowlocks, the chances are that the Govt could be embarrassed. The Govt will cave in and give them what they want - STATE AID - precisely the thing that they are up in arms about. Difference is, they will pay f*** all of it back - we are and then some !!

God, I really f'n hate these slags with a passion !!

[Jay The Hammer]

Spurs have the government, West ham, OPLC, and Boris over a Barrel.

Very clever by Levy.

The outcome is pretty obvious IMO they will get what they want out of this an easier path with regards to funding, transport links, and planning permission for their new football stadium in T*ttenham. They will probably get a karge chunk of money to stop this process getting any further as the deadline for the world athletics championship in 2017 is next month and JR will take place in October.

It will all be sorted before then.

Sp*rs will get their shiny new football stadium for less of a cost than first thought and we will be left with souless bowel that is the OS with our binoculas!

As I say very clever by Levy! makes our 3 monkeys in charge look like mugs!!!!!

[Tarbs]

Oh sweet lord. I'd rather they just give em it now and save the f***ing tedium.

Couldn't agree more. Fed up of court cases.

Remember when West Ham was just about football? I can't.

[Believer]

Very clever by Levy.


As I say very clever by Levy! makes our 3 monkeys in charge look like mugs!!!!!

I have to agree with this - he is very shrewd but don't mean that I wouldn't love to do serious harm to him !! :twisted:

[paulhs1]

My views are well known to readers of the board .

FWIW, I never , ever believed Tottenham were interested in Stratford .Their motives were to grab a handout and make life difficult for us .The fact so many of our fans have done an about turn when the "Tottenham threat" was in full hype I found disappointing .

I repeat my suspicions that they have now been goven the nod on funding for Nortumberland park , and are merely making absolutely sure they screw us over for ever .

The Olympic Stadium will be an unmitigated disaster with a running track - and everybody knows it .

When Tottenham disappear back to their North London hovel , a few more will admit it .

Too late . Too bloody late .

Without sounding like your clone pinky, but I said in my very first post on the Olypic stadium thread how spurs seem to scupper there chances of winning the bid at every opportunity, and it has now become apparent that they were coersed into bidding by Boris who advised spurs that a bid to convert to a football stadium would be seriously considered. I think most people now realise that this was never the case, based on us winning hands down and spurs winning no votes at all. They were never in the race.
You could even summise that Spurs were only pushed into the bid to ensure that we do not try to dictate our own terms and take the stadium with an athletics track.
In short we have and are still being turnt over by everyone in this, the athletics stadium will be a disaster, god I need a drink just thinking about it!

[Iron-worx]

G&S&B MUST press ahead with their legal dispute about spurs' investigations and possible phone tapping etc.... Let the whole country see what a dispicable bunch of horrible C**** they are !!

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[gayiron]

levy has no intention of moving to stratford, he just wants to nail the os down to keeping the track for 50 years and if not installing a 200 mill compensation payment to the spuds. this is how much more a stadium in tottenham will cost as to if the had got the os.

obviously he wants leverage with boris/government for an enterprise zone, but as much as we may hate and abuse him to many fools took liberties with one of the most litigious chairmen in the sport. he knows he has newham and boris by the knackers.

just to add whatever happens levy cannot force the oplc to reopen the bidding proccess but almost definitely newham will have to withdraw the offer of the 40 mill loan.

[Dan1326]

levy has no intention of moving to stratford, he just wants to nail the os down to keeping the track for 50 years and if not installing a 200 mill compensation payment to the spuds. this is how much more a stadium in tottenham will cost as to if the had got the os.

obviously he wants leverage with boris/government for an enterprise zone, but as much as we may hate and abuse him to many fools took liberties with one of the most litigious chairmen in the sport. he knows he has newham and boris by the knackers.

just to add whatever happens levy cannot force the oplc to reopen the bidding proccess but almost definitely newham will have to withdraw the offer of the 40 mill loan.

They could then buy the Boleyn from us for £40 million more than it's true value surely?