He's got the go-ahead to appeal: Jimmy Bullard's controversial departure from Hull City is to be the subject of a Football League disciplinary commission, with the midfielder looking to recoup most of the near £5million left on his contract that had two years to run. Lawyers acting for Bullard, who has joined Ipswich on a free transfer, have been given the go-ahead by the FL to appeal over Hull terminating the £48,000-a-week agreement following events on a pre-season tour to Slovenia. Bullard's questioned behaviour on tour included a serious altercation with goalkeeping coach Joe Corrigan, which affected the former England keeper to the extent he decided to quit the Championship club and is now back scouting for the FA on a temporary basis. Bullard's advisers believe the multi-million pound case is worth them engaging leading barrister Nick De Marco, a sports law specialist and former QPR director, to represent the player on the three-strong commission, for which a date has yet to be fixed. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...legal-battle--Charles-Sale.html#ixzz1XpL9qa8v Nick De Marco's previous clients include one Adrian Mutu.
The longer this saga continues, the more worried I'm getting that Jimmy might actually get the money out of us!
I imagine the barrister is on a commission fee basis if he wins and for Bullard, it is worth him trying it on. He can afford to speculate on the legal fees, given what is at stake. I thought Mutu lost his case and owed Chelsea a fortune.
I very much doubt that. With the amount of money Bullard has "earned" he can afford to pay legal fees (solicitors and barristers) so the barrister is not going to risk working for nothing in the event that he loses.
I can't see a barrister taking this on a no win, no fee either, it's too risky a case. And Mutu did indeed lose and was ordered to pay Chelsea a fortune, €17,173,990.00 to be precise.
...plus daily interest from the date of the judgment until the date he pays. He faces a lifetime ban if he doesn't pay (I think)
To be fair, if your lawyer came to you and said he thought there was a chance that he could get hold of £2.5m for you, what would your reaction be?
Anyone want to clear this up for me? I know he failed a drug test but I didn't really read that much into it.. there's been a fair few players found to be on drugs, or missed their tests, ie Ferdinand, Toure.. but no mention of them paying out £17m to their clubs.. what did he do that was so extreme?
Sadly he will win. He has the backing of both the PFA and FL. If we did not give him official warnings about his behaviour then it will be an open and shut case pretty much. I can see this pushing us back into the brown stuff in respect to money. I just hope the club can prove that he was warned and that his antics prevented him getting fit or even led to an injury therefore giving us the right to compensation.
i dont actually think that any money which is gained or lost from this will not really involve us. it will be Mr Allam directly who will effectively be bankrolling against his action
Not necessarily. The FL has been given him permission to appeal to their disciplinary commission - that is not the same as them saying he will win. And you can sack someone for gross misconduct without giving warnings first. If the employer goes through a full and proper investigation, and complies with their disciplinary procedure then, if the employee is considered to have been guilty of gross misconduct they can be sacked immediately.
It seems Mutu still hasn't learned his lesson, he's just been banned for life by the Romanian FA for going out on the piss while on international duty... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...f-drinking-with-West-Broms-Gabriel-Tamas.html
Bullard was employed by Hull City, not Mr Allam. Its the football club that will be liable should Bullard win.
