Storm coach and ex-boss reach settlement

[Cloud9]

Have the three wise men commenced legal action against Bellamy and Waldron? Or have they chickened out?

 

[gong_eagle]

still going ahead
this time next year Bellamy and Waldron will be sharing a park bench with newspapers for blankets

 

[El Diablo]

you had to ask this :?

you're as dumb as Wally

 

[El Diablo]

still going ahead
this time next year Bellamy and Waldron will be sharing a park bench with newspapers for blankets

lets hope so

 

[Cloud9]

you had to ask this :?

you're as dumb as Wally

Really?
The last time i read about it, they said they had doubts because the NRL wouldn't fork out their legal bill. It was also difficult to prove that they were defamed.
You can google it if you like.

 

[El Diablo]

Really?
The last time i read about it, they said they had doubts because the NRL wouldn't fork out their legal bill. It was also difficult to prove that they were defamed.
You can google it if you like.

i don't need to, dumbarse

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24551945-5016360,00.html

and it will be piss easy to prove

 

[Cloud9]

i don't need to, dumbarse

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24551945-5016360,00.html

and it will be piss easy to prove

Hey smartarse, note the word IF. Will or won't they proceed?

If they want to continue, they will have to do it themselves. And while there is any legal action in progress, I think there would be some issues about them sitting on judiciary cases _ and not just the ones involving Storm.''
If Ayliffe, Williams and Britt press ahead and choose to seek damages in court, it could take as long as two years to settle.

 

[Cloud9]

Its Christmas time.
Has anyone sighted the 3 wise men?.:lol:

 

[wittyfan]

Hope they still proceed with legal action.

 

[Loudstrat]

Its Christmas time.
Has anyone sighted the 3 wise men?.:lol:

Certainly not in bloody Queensland!!!!!!!!

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/sport/nrl/story/0,26799,25049685-5012649,00.html

Craig Bellamy legal action could still be on

By Andrew Webster | February 14, 2009 12:00am

REMEMBER the legal action NRL judiciary members Darrell Williams, Royce Ayliffe and Darren Britt were taking against Storm coach Craig Bellamy and chief executive Brian Waldron?

Well, it's not dead yet. Williams directed our call this week to the solicitor representing the trio.
Andrew O'Brien said: "Proceedings have not commenced - but that's not to say it won't.''

You might recall - of course, how can you not? - the spray that Bellamy and Waldron unleashed in the wake of Cameron Smith's two-match suspension that cost him a place in the Grand Final.

As Bellamy says elsewhere in this newspaper today, it was a press conference he regrets, not least because of how clumsily his words fell from of his mouth.

 

[MsStorm]

Hope they still proceed with legal action.

And cause more damage to the NRL's brand....:roll:

 

[El Diablo]

And cause more damage to the NRL's brand....:roll:

Bellamy was the one who did that

 

[MsStorm]

Bellamy was the one who did that

So its eye for an eye and tooth for tooth?
Dragging this sh*te through the courts will only damage the game.

 

[Loudstrat]

Then how do Bellamy and Waldron learn the lesson?

This action, potentially, will minimise damage to the game. It will make the next idiot who wants to claim the judiciary are run by SP bookies think again before he opens his trap!

 

[God-King Dean]

Cloud9, when is Waldron filing his lawsuit against Brown ?

Has Gallop fined NRL fans for booing Cameron Smith yet ? God I hope so...

 

[AILD]

..they will only go further with it...when it gets around finals time to put us off our game.

 

[Loudstrat]

:lol:
Manly and the Warriors can do that!

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25145386-14823,00.html

NRL lawsuit trio dumped

Andrew Webster | March 06, 2009 12:00am

NRL chief executive David Gallop has sacked the judiciary members who are suing the Melbourne Storm for defamation.

The Herald Sun can reveal chairman Greg Woods and panel members Darrell Williams and Royce Ayliffe were ordered this week to stand down indefinitely after the trio launched legal proceedings in the Supreme Court.

They are suing Storm coach Craig Bellamy and chief executive Brian Waldron for comments they made during last year's finals series when they questioned the judiciary's integrity for rubbing out captain Cameron Smith for the rest of the season.

Canberra legend Brad Clyde and former South Sydney captain Sean Garlick have been spirited on to the panel. Judge Paul Conlon will replace Woods as chairman.

Gallop said the trio were dumped as soon as he learnt they had launched proceedings against the Storm.

"The NRL has done all that it can in its power to resolve the matter," Gallop said. "If the matter can be resolved, the judiciary members will be able to come back on board.

"But at the moment it's in everyone's interests, to avoid any accusations of conflict of interest, that they not sit on any judiciary cases involving the Storm and teams they play."

At the time, the NRL was far from happy about the sluggish manner in which the Storm apologised after Bellamy and Waldron's sensational outburst at the press conference following the preliminary final victory over the Sharks.

But it has become increasingly dismayed that the issue has lingered and remains unresolved on the eve of the season.

There has been mediation between the parties, but they broke down last week when Woods, Ayliffe and Williams lodged a statement of claim in the Supreme Court last week.

"Clearly, the judiciary members were the victims of a very serious attack on their integrity, which led to a record fine of $50,000 at the time," Gallop said.

"But now they need to decide."

Ayliffe and Williams did not return calls, but their solicitor, Andrew O'Brien, confirmed legal proceedings had commenced.

piss poor form from Gallop imo

 

[bartman]

It sounds like they're only stood down while court proceedings are underway. That's probably in theirs and the game's best interest - so long as they can be reappointed straight away once the case is concluded.

The article doesn't really say.