Court No. 12

[cite]Posted By: StanmoreAddick[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]Strange, as Jordan said on SSN he knew the result 3 days ago....

Just like that orange idiot to come out with a quip like that anyway.

To be honest- i rather hope that the club are conentrating on more important matters.

Former Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie was landed with a massive legal costs
bill today in the aftermath of his disastrous courtroom defeat at the hands of
chairman Simon Jordan.
A High Court judge, who ruled last week that the manager had deceived Jordan
into waiving a #1 million compensation clause in his employment contract only
days before he joined arch-rivals Charlton, ordered Dowie to pay Palace's legal
bill, estimated at up to #400,000.
The costs order was made on an "indemnity" basis - the highest scale of court
costs - which means that the Palace lawyers' bill will not be reduced to any
great extent when it is formally scrutinised.
Mr Justice Tugendhat directed Dowie to pay #150,000 "on account" within 42
days.
In addition, Dowie is facing the prospect of having to pay a similar amount to
his own legal team.
And the question of how much compensation he will have to pay Palace for his
"deceit" has yet to be decided.
His counsel, Michael McParland, said he would challenge the judgment and costs
order made against him, the effect of which was "cataclysmic" for himself, his
family and his career as a manager - he is currently in charge at Coventry.
The judge refused Dowie permission to appeal. It was for the Court of Appeal to
decide whether he should have leave to challenge the rulings, he said.
Jordan had accused Dowie of telling lies when he negotiated his way out of his
contract with Palace and joined Charlton a year ago.
The judge ruled last week that Palace entered into a compromise agreement,
freeing Dowie from his contract, on the basis of "fraudulent representations"
by the manager to the effect that he had not been contacted by Charlton and had
no present intention of joining them.
Dowie, 42, had a clause in his contract to the effect that, if he left to join
another club, Palace would receive #1 million compensation.
Although Palace cannot now resurrect the contract, it is still pursuing Dowie -
at a further hearing which will not take place before November - for #1 million
on the basis that it lost the chance of recovering compensation from Charlton.
During robust exchanges between lawyers at today's costs hearing, Mr McParland
described Jordan's continuing attempt to claim #1 million as "a sham".
On the issue of whether Dowie should be ordered to pay "indemnity" costs,
John Davies QC, for Palace, said Dowie's defence had been conducted with
"aggression, unhelpfulness and downright deceit".
Mr McParland responded that the aggression came from the other side. Dowie had
been subjected to "repeated vulgar abuse" through the media.
"Mr Jordan, a multi-millionaire with a strong personality, wanted to have his
view established. 'I'll get him' was what this case was all about," he said.
The judge said the case had been conducted "robustly" on both sides, but it
was correct to categorise the cross-examination of Mr Jordan in the witness box
as "aggressive". An indemnity costs order was justified.
He called on both sides to conduct further hearings in a "non-confrontational
manner".