Yep. All comes down to who made the first breach of contract.HuddsTigers wrote:Interesting that there was a note in the RL paper this morning stating that there's a legal precedence for us to sue for a breach of contract and ensure that a transfer fee plus compensation is payable from his new club.....
In this case, it seems clear it was Hardaker as taking a banned substance would clearly be a breach of his contract.
There are a few problems though:
1. Does he have any money?
2. Can we prove his breach of contract cost us money? To win an ET you need to prove actual financial loss. It could be argued that we have actually financially gained as we don’t need to pay him any more. IF he signs elsewhere
3. We can’t sue his future club. I doubt we have any claim that another club has induced him into breaching his contract.
He’s probably in breach of contract, but I can’t see us getting anything.
Jon Wells does have a good knowledge of this kind of thing though..,,,