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How has anything the Tigers/Motlzen done caused St George to lose income?
Breach of contract? You have to have a legally enforceable one for that to happen. As I said before, I reckon there will be a term in it saying it would only be legally enforceable if registered (which it is not)
I am a lawyer. And I think you are right in that St George might be able to come up with a cause of action however, it would be extremely difficult to establish damages.
What St George would need is concrete proof of loss. What is the loss? THey can just go and sign another player. What is certain is that the costs of bringing any legal proceedings would outweigh any damages recovered.
Re him saying that he signed a contract and he doesnt want to go to Dragons - I dont think there is any doubt about that. No harm him saying it. If he wanted to go to the Dragons, there wouldnt be this dispute.
I'm wondering whether there might not be some kind of "loss of chance" issue in this... But ultimately you're right - cost of proceedings would outweigh any damages. Only reason for this to go to court is if they want to insist on having the contract honoured. But surely Moltzen/Tauber could offer them something to settle and be done with it...