trueblue68 2,497 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 More bad publicity the club does not need.Bosses at Rangers face further financial turmoil after it emerged one of Scotland’s top law firms is suing the football club over unpaid legal bills.Initial court proceedings have already taken place between the Ibrox club and Glasgow-based Levy & McRae over a bill understood to be around £35,000 and dating from earlier this year.The bill was for advice given to Rangers on how to handle the Uefa investigation into sectarian singing at Europa Cup games against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.Rangers were fined £35,652 by Uefa in March and its fans banned from the next away European game over sectarian singing in the match in Holland with PSV.The club also received a suspended ban on its fans for a second away game, for a probationary period of three years.The latest financial woes to hit the Scottish champions emerged as former owner Sir David Murray made clear that Craig Whyte, the businessman to whom he sold Rangers, was “fully aware” of an outstanding tax liability of £2.8million before buying the club.Last Friday, on the same day a preliminary hearing in the Levy and McRae case was heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Rangers had £2.8m seized after an arrest order was issued to the club’s bank over an unpaid tax bill.The order was delivered on Thursday following an application by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The club’s bank then acted by putting the money into a holding accountLevy & McRae also represents ex-Rangers chief executive Martin Bain in his breach of contract case against the club.Sources close to both parties have claimed the legal action is a clear indication that relations between the club and its previous lawyers had broken down irrevocably, with one claiming: “Rangers were furious when Levy & McRae took on Martin’s case.”Although the bill dates from the Murray era, Rangers under Mr Whyte, who bought the club for a nominal £1 in May, are still liable for the money, the law firm has claimed.Peter Watson, of Levy & McRae, said: “We don’t wish to comment while the case is progressing through the courts.”A spokesman for Rangers also refused to comment.Meanwhile, Sir David has insisted that the new owners knew of the outstanding tax bill before May’s takeover.A spokesman for the Murray Group said: “Craig Whyte and his advisers were fully aware of the £2.8m tax liability before buying the club. The liability was included in our accounts for the six months ending on December 31, 2010.“Assurances were given by Mr Whyte that funds were in place to enable him to pay that.”http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/rangers-sued-by-law-firm-over-unpaid-bill-1.1122032 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiadreamin52 339 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Seen it but was not going to post just getting feed up with this shite. Whyte get your act together Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 And so it continues......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,101 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Never ending Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryH 15 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Groundhog day any1? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anybody else starting to wonder if Martin Bain is causing our club a lot of grief out of spite?His name seems to be cropping up in a few issues of late.Also, what can possibly be the problem with a £35,000 Legal Bill? FFS fine Whittaker 2 weeks wages for his sending off in Malmo and pay the fucking thing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBacon 2,088 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anybody else starting to wonder if Martin Bain is causing our club a lot of grief out of spite?His name seems to be cropping up in a few issues of late.Martin's a HUGE Rangers fan - he wouldn't do or say anything that would harm the club.Honest......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Martin's a HUGE Rangers fan - he wouldn't do or say anything that would harm the club.Honest......... Aye, that's what I mean! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anybody else starting to wonder if Martin Bain is causing our club a lot of grief out of spite?His name seems to be cropping up in a few issues of late.Also, what can possibly be the problem with a £35,000 Legal Bill? FFS fine Whittaker 2 weeks wages for his sending off in Malmo and pay the fucking thing!Bain had many faults, but do you really expect him to pay the bill for a law firm used by Rangers? Should he also pay the tax bill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
watp72 54 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Wonder if we will wake one day to some story, not relating to our finances. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbroxybear 660 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Anybody else starting to wonder if Martin Bain is causing our club a lot of grief out of spite?His name seems to be cropping up in a few issues of late.Also, what can possibly be the problem with a £35,000 Legal Bill? FFS fine Whittaker 2 weeks wages for his sending off in Malmo and pay the fucking thing!Bain has got every right to do what he thinks is best in his own interest as would you and i mate, i doubt Bain will be causing the club grief if theres a bill for 35k get it paid end off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Bain had many faults, but do you really expect him to pay the bill for a law firm used by Rangers? Should he also pay the tax bill?Where did I say Bain should pay anything?What has an unpaid bill to a law firm got to do with a tax bill? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 More bad publicity the club does not need.Bosses at Rangers face further financial turmoil after it emerged one of Scotland’s top law firms is suing the football club over unpaid legal bills.Initial court proceedings have already taken place between the Ibrox club and Glasgow-based Levy & McRae over a bill understood to be around £35,000 and dating from earlier this year.The bill was for advice given to Rangers on how to handle the Uefa investigation into sectarian singing at Europa Cup games against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven.Rangers were fined £35,652 by Uefa in March and its fans banned from the next away European game over sectarian singing in the match in Holland with PSV.The club also received a suspended ban on its fans for a second away game, for a probationary period of three years.The latest financial woes to hit the Scottish champions emerged as former owner Sir David Murray made clear that Craig Whyte, the businessman to whom he sold Rangers, was “fully aware” of an outstanding tax liability of £2.8million before buying the club.Last Friday, on the same day a preliminary hearing in the Levy and McRae case was heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Rangers had £2.8m seized after an arrest order was issued to the club’s bank over an unpaid tax bill.The order was delivered on Thursday following an application by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The club’s bank then acted by putting the money into a holding accountLevy & McRae also represents ex-Rangers chief executive Martin Bain in his breach of contract case against the club.Sources close to both parties have claimed the legal action is a clear indication that relations between the club and its previous lawyers had broken down irrevocably, with one claiming: “Rangers were furious when Levy & McRae took on Martin’s case.”Although the bill dates from the Murray era, Rangers under Mr Whyte, who bought the club for a nominal £1 in May, are still liable for the money, the law firm has claimed.Peter Watson, of Levy & McRae, said: “We don’t wish to comment while the case is progressing through the courts.”A spokesman for Rangers also refused to comment.Meanwhile, Sir David has insisted that the new owners knew of the outstanding tax bill before May’s takeover.A spokesman for the Murray Group said: “Craig Whyte and his advisers were fully aware of the £2.8m tax liability before buying the club. The liability was included in our accounts for the six months ending on December 31, 2010.“Assurances were given by Mr Whyte that funds were in place to enable him to pay that.”http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/rangers-sued-by-law-firm-over-unpaid-bill-1.1122032probably waiting on the the billy boys is not banned brigade to pay it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Where did I say Bain should pay anything?What has an unpaid bill to a law firm got to do with a tax bill?What does Bain have to do with the unpaid bill? In what way could he have done anything out of spite in this instance? Fuck all, that's what.The bill is the responsibility of the club and nothing to do with Bain, no matter how spiteful he may be, but yet again our name is being dragged through the mud over unpaid monies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,246 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Bain was shafted by the incoming regime.I honestly don't think we'd have fecked up as much in the transfer window if Bain had still been at Ibrox.Good luck to him I say. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Bain was shafted by the incoming regime.I honestly don't think we'd have fecked up as much in the transfer window if Bain had still been at Ibrox.Good luck to him I say.Let's not kid ourselves here, Bain fucked up on numerous occasions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooner 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Meanwhile, Sir David has insisted that the new owners knew of the outstanding tax bill before May’s takeover.A spokesman for the Murray Group said: “Craig Whyte and his advisers were fully aware of the £2.8m tax liability before buying the club. The liability was included in our accounts for the six months ending on December 31, 2010.“Assurances were given by Mr Whyte that funds were in place to enable him to pay that.”Thought Whyte was supposed to have uncovered it ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 whyte never uncovered it. but he said he would pay it. people assured us he had the cash and was the man for the job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,746 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 It seems asif their is unpaid bills poping up week by week....What next week Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,246 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Let's not kid ourselves here, Bain fucked up on numerous occasions.I don't disagree but he was never as fucking inept in the transfer market as the current regime have been in this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I don't disagree but he was never as fucking inept in the transfer market as the current regime have been in this one.I would say that Whyte has been anything but inept in the transfer market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,246 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I would say that Whyte has been anything but inept in the transfer market. From his point of view or from the club/manager/supporters point of view ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,248 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 It seems asif their is unpaid bills poping up week by week....What next weekWere we not all warned that he has a history of not paying bills? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I would say that Whyte has been anything but inept in the transfer market. oh aye he's been masterful Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmo21 15 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I think the point is our transfer window dealings were not out of ineptness.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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