ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 JOINT administrators Duff and Phelps made the following statement:Paul Clark, joint administrator, said: "The allegations made in tonight's programme against Duff and Phelps are untrue, a distortion of the facts and highly defamatory. Discussions are already underway with our solicitors with a view to bringing legal proceedings against the BBC."We are also hugely disappointed with the irresponsible comments made by Mr Roger Isaacs who is clearly not in possession of the facts."We had also hoped to give interviews stating our case on camera but received strong legal advice against this course of action, bearing in mind the legal proceedings Duff and Phelps have raised against Collyer Bristow. The BBC were informed in writing from our solicitors."We did however provide the BBC with lengthy written statements stating our position and we are publishing these on the Rangers website."In broad terms Mr Daly failed miserably to understand the difference between working capital arrangements for the Club and acquisition funding."David Grier, said: "I categorically deny that at the time of the Craig Whyte takeover of Rangers, I had any knowledge that funds from Ticketus were being used to acquire the Club. This accusation is wrong, highly defamatory and betrays a lack of understanding of the facts."Neither I nor any of my colleagues at MCR provided any professional assistance to Liberty, Wavetower or Craig Whyte, in raising funds, performing financial due diligence, structuring or agreeing the terms of the purchase of the Club from the Murray Group."Financial due diligence and other work was provided by Saffery Champness, a firm of chartered accountants who specialise in this area and our primary role was to provide assistance to Liberty Capital in negotiating a settlement and assignment of the debt due to Lloyds Bank."The reality is that when my concerns about the use of Ticketus funding crystallised over the summer of 2011, I took immediate steps to raise these concerns with controlling directors of Rangers and HMRC."The email referred to in tonight's programme to Ticketus dated 19 April 2011 mentions the possibility of raising funds for working capital but does not provide any information of quantum or terms of such a proposal. To suggest this email establishes an awareness of Ticketus providing acquisition funding is absurd and ridiculous."Once we discovered the full extent of the funding relationship between Ticketus, Liberty Capital and the club, we took immediate steps to raise our concern with controlling directors of Rangers and HMRC."Mr Clark said the administrators would not comment on the BBC's EBT allegations while the first tier tax tribunal was still active."We made a number of offers to assist the BBC in order they would not make the fundamental errors broadcast this evening and for some inexplicable reason the reporter Mark Daly declined these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikh Salim 215 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Doomsday fanb0ys won't like thisSorry Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
legalbeagle 3,734 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 If it is true that the BBC refused to give details of D&P's comments, or refused to involve them in the documentary despite being offered their assistance, it does cast some doubt as to whether getting to the actual truth was even remotely on the agenda. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Artagnan 13,319 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Discussions are already underway with our solicitors with a view to bringing legal proceedings against the BBC.Hmm I heard this from someone else not so long ago.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod 62 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good stuff.Either D&P get stuffed or the BBC & Daly get stuffed.No lose situation IMO.Wi' any luck they all get shafted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz 306 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 One in the eye for the Daly fannyboys Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 I don't know who to believe. But the bbc and Rangers have never really got on well, so they are defo not doing these investigation in the best interests of Rangers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,600 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 The poster who said we were Dead wont like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hmm I heard this from someone else not so long ago.... thats what i was thinking when i saw this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz 306 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 casey, casey, where've you gone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 will be the next case after whyte v the BBC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Atheist 178 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I believed Whyte after the first documentary...But what is it they say?... "Fool me once...."I've no trust in D&P whatsoever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBF2 3,540 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 If the BBC are wrong then - bear in mind I haven't seen the documentary, I'm only going on what others say here - they will be sued.From what I've gathered, they've aimed some pretty heavy stuff at D&P and one way or another we'll find out the truth soon. This won't be a protracted affair, we'll know the truth very soon - all D&P need to do is take legal action or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 627 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That phone call between Mark Daly and D&P PR man, never happened, it was staged!!! what a Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunslinger 270 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I believed Whyte after the first documentary...But what is it they say?... "Fool me once...."I've no trust in D&P whatsoever.what d&p knew and didn't know is of no interest to me. its the fact that they are whytes team and always have been. that's always been my issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Was this really a serious documentary for grown adults? Where are we now?:a whole year ago Craig Whyte bought the club under false pretenses, but what blow has been hit, what magic bullet has been found, with anyone's fingerprint on it, beyond what is already out on the public domain? If all this publicity and innuendo is to be believed then Rangers is guilty of much more than either is already being contested in the courts, or in the hands of the administrator, or tax man; so where is the evidence, and who are the culprits? If they can't produce any, does that not tell us something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray 105 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 JOINT administrators Duff and Phelps made the following statement:Paul Clark, joint administrator, said: "The allegations made in tonight's programme against Duff and Phelps are untrue, a distortion of the facts and highly defamatory. Discussions are already underway with our solicitors with a view to bringing legal proceedings against the BBC."We are also hugely disappointed with the irresponsible comments made by Mr Roger Isaacs who is clearly not in possession of the facts."We had also hoped to give interviews stating our case on camera but received strong legal advice against this course of action, bearing in mind the legal proceedings Duff and Phelps have raised against Collyer Bristow. The BBC were informed in writing from our solicitors."We did however provide the BBC with lengthy written statements stating our position and we are publishing these on the Rangers website."In broad terms Mr Daly failed miserably to understand the difference between working capital arrangements for the Club and acquisition funding."David Grier, said: "I categorically deny that at the time of the Craig Whyte takeover of Rangers, I had any knowledge that funds from Ticketus were being used to acquire the Club. This accusation is wrong, highly defamatory and betrays a lack of understanding of the facts."Neither I nor any of my colleagues at MCR provided any professional assistance to Liberty, Wavetower or Craig Whyte, in raising funds, performing financial due diligence, structuring or agreeing the terms of the purchase of the Club from the Murray Group."Financial due diligence and other work was provided by Saffery Champness, a firm of chartered accountants who specialise in this area and our primary role was to provide assistance to Liberty Capital in negotiating a settlement and assignment of the debt due to Lloyds Bank."The reality is that when my concerns about the use of Ticketus funding crystallised over the summer of 2011, I took immediate steps to raise these concerns with controlling directors of Rangers and HMRC."The email referred to in tonight's programme to Ticketus dated 19 April 2011 mentions the possibility of raising funds for working capital but does not provide any information of quantum or terms of such a proposal. To suggest this email establishes an awareness of Ticketus providing acquisition funding is absurd and ridiculous."Once we discovered the full extent of the funding relationship between Ticketus, Liberty Capital and the club, we took immediate steps to raise our concern with controlling directors of Rangers and HMRC."Mr Clark said the administrators would not comment on the BBC's EBT allegations while the first tier tax tribunal was still active.Thataway to go get intae the tarrier bastards. "We made a number of offers to assist the BBC in order they would not make the fundamental errors broadcast this evening and for some inexplicable reason the reporter Mark Daly declined these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephants stoned 2,994 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Good stuff.Either D&P get stuffed or the BBC & Daly get stuffed.No lose situation IMO.Wi' any luck they all get shafted.Sadly the club and the fans are the ones being shafted at every turn but we are Rangers and we wont die. Rangers then Rangers now Rangers forever. Let them hear the Ibrox roar NO SURRENDER! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 That phone call between Mark Daly and D&P PR man, never happened, it was staged!!! what a I did laugh at that bit too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky_ 893 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 i know the BBC were right about craig whyte but i can't help but feel the bbc are being fuelled by tims in high places. they try to put us in a negative light in everything they publish on us. even in match reports they leave out any mention of penalties we should have had, but if the opposition happened to have a penalty claim you bet your life they comment on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I did laugh at that bit too.I can't say I laughed, it was a rather pathetic attempt to impersonate a serious investigative journalist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonderry_Bear 111 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I have been concerned with the competance of D&P for a while now but the one thing that keeps me believing that they are not in cahoots with Whyte is that they are answerable to the courts and so if they were doing somthing dodgy they'd be throwing away their jobs and possibly even their freedom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverBlue_Since91 2,895 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Well D&P are not daft they are a big company and they would not be contacting solicitors if they knew the bbc where right.I said this about Whyte as well but he a menace and will try anything to get money and blame others we know that now. D&P are different, even if Rangers fans don't trust them they are still not daft and are the best at what they do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hmm I heard this from someone else not so long ago....Fk sake I think we have heard that from just about every one - I hope they are the first to ACTUALLY follow through. It would be good to see someone challenge the bbc but I won't hold my breath Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb1547 3,767 Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Had to laugh when Daly kept referring to 'us' when he was talking to the gers fan.Did this really tell us anything of interest to us right now?Not for me.Lets move on bears Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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