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Olympic Stadium; our day in court

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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,016
    Well done Prague ...so, what next?
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,826
    Well done Richard!
  • Markg2004
    Markg2004 Posts: 405
    stonemuse said:

    Well done Prague ...so, what next?

    Roland out?!

    Well done Prague, hopefully we can now see deal is above board and they had nothing to hide....doubt it!
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,189
    Brilliant news - well done Prague.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    @PragueAddick If I were Roland, I'd be straight in the blower asking if you'd fancy becoming the CEO for a well known SELondon football club. Fringe benefits include a mid-season break to Dubai.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,056
    Congratulations @PragueAddick you have done a tremendous service to all of football and taxpayers in general, bar obviously a few WHam aficionados and local and central government big wigs.

    You, Mat and the other Trusts who came together to fight this should be rewarded for your work. I expect LLDC will try and prolong this inevitability and appeal, but you are nearly there. I suspect my friends at MdR are watching closely this afternoon!!

    Well done mate.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,468
    edited April 2016
    I'm doing my best to read up and keep up with all the goings on. It's still a bit opaque for me (the proceedings, goes without saying the deal is opaque), how the court proceedings and the order of things and all that work.

    @PragueAddick massive, massive credit to you, as well as the people at Orient and elsewhere who have protested this and won. I can only imagine how long this took, and it seems like a very esoteric thing, so well done being a good citizen and stick with it and the result is the right one.

    In the states, building a stadium for a professional sports team using taxpayers dollars/tax breaks/other sweeteners is a very common practice. Right now Los Angeles (where I grew up) and San Diego (where I lived until very recently) are vying for an American football team touting how much taxpayer money they're willing to put up. While there is no doubt that jobs are created (though I suspect many are low to medium income jobs), when you look at the amount of money in professional sports here, it absolutely boggles my mind and infuriates me.

    I would be happy to see this challenged even if Charlton weren't involved, as I think the precedent is terrible and the fact that the terms are sealed is ridiculous. Again, huge credit for being there and fighting for a good cause PA.
  • Dippenhall
    Dippenhall Posts: 3,919
    seth plum said:

    Well done Richard. Let's hope LLDC come straight out and accept the decision, they still have the right to seek leave to appeal to the Upper Tier Tribunal, just to delay publication. They know they cannot win however far it goes.

    Any idea how long they have before they lodge yet another appeal at our expense?
    Once the full Judge's report is issued LLDC have a month to ask for leave to appeal to the Upper Tier Tribunal stating the grounds for appeal.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,468
    edited April 2016
    I should add that this is another in the long list of reasons to be proud to be Charlton. KM/RD can do whatever they want to the club but I'm so proud that people like Prague continue to be an engaged and educated member of both the footballing and London community.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859

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  • Fantastic news, a rare win for the good guys, well done Prague.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859
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  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200

    Briefly, thanks for all the messages.

    They have 28 days in which to make an appeal. However this time they can only do so on a point of law. The thing is, that just as with the ICO's own decision, the Tribunal was so unimpressed with the argument about commercial harm (extent unproven), that they did not even need to consider the public interest test, (which if applied, could still tip the balance for disclosure). As such, in legal terms its a double 4-0 victory. To appeal now would be an absurdly cynical act, a point I hope to make later on the BBC.

    Superb stuff @PragueAddick

    Don't forget to wear your "We Want Our Charlton Back" badge on the Telly!
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,468
    Is there a way someone could record the TV spot for this? Obviously no in the UK and not able to get a BBC feed, but would love to see it.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,435

    To appeal now would be an absurdly cynical act

    And therefore a foregone conclusion, 28 days from now :)

    Congratulations and thanks for all your hard work and dedication.

  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859
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  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,259
    Excellent work Prague
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    edited April 2016
    Incredible stuff, truly a mammoth victory. If Prague (and others) can win this, I have no worries that CARD will be victorious in their challenge also.

    Brilliant, just brilliant.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    @PragueAddick what time and Beeb station are you going out on mate?
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,968
    Well done Prague. Now where is that gavros chap..??

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  • Congratulations Prague, brilliant!
  • Grapevine49
    Grapevine49 Posts: 997
    Prague - a truly magnificent effort - I had stayed away from this thread fearing you would be disappointed but, even had the result gone against you, your perseverance and tenacity were an immense credit to you personally and your campaign.

    To have secured such a result in the face of such an opposition must be enormously satisfying. Very many congratulations.

    Well done.

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    Very well done Prague!
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,496
    Exceptional. I know how much hard work goes into this. Congratulations Prague.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,134

    just received the Tribunal verdict

    Unanimous decision

    Appeal dismissed. In its entirety. No ifs, no buts.

    We won. We bloody WON :-)

    Best get that Gilet pressed.......Well done @PragueAddick
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Prague and his lovely lady celebrate.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3IWuPX29os
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,161
    Fumbluff said:

    just received the Tribunal verdict

    Unanimous decision

    Appeal dismissed. In its entirety. No ifs, no buts.

    We won. We bloody WON :-)

    Best get that Gilet pressed.......Well done @PragueAddick
    It's been abolished. Gone to to the Sue Ryder shop :-)
  • Tremendous work. Another Charlton fan who proves we are not to be messed with.
  • Only just caught up with this but

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

    Bit carried away but absolutely brilliant news, Richard !!!

    You SO deserve this fantastic result for all the hard work you've put in on the tax payers' behalf ! I feel a celebration dinner coming on for Mrs PA tonight !!!

    Would be great if you could join us on Saturday and, in fact, to lead the protest( whatever it might be!)

    We just need a " For Sale" sign on The Valley by the end of the week to add to this tremendous victory.

    Big kiss coming your way......

    :smiley: