Re: Big Nige : Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:01 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

.............Hopefully once a deal is signed a bit more info will be forthcoming.........

good un

Re: Big Nige : Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:03 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

.................... I really hope we hear more after the end of this non season.......

stop it

Re: Big Nige : Tue Aug 01, 2017 8:06 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

...... a bit of straight talking from our owners would be welcome.

stop it, stop it, my sides are splitting

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:10 am  

Bull Mania wrote:

Not sure how the administrator was prevented doing his job. It was HIM who rejected the bids as they weren't good enough for the creditors and it was him who put the club into liquidation. AFAIK, the RFL didn't accept or reject any offers during the administration. They brought the the Bulls franchise (club, name, logo etc) from the administrator once he put the liquidation process in place I believe.

Didn't they have to buy them back from David Thorne? Or is that my mind playing with me. Could have sworn he had bought things form the administrator in preperation when he set the holding company up

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:17 am  

I think you could be right.

Also didn't Petit approve Thorne only for the RFL to put out that a new team was being set up because Pet-tit had already announced the liquidation. For once the RFL would seem to be in the right, it was the Administrator that went back on his announcement?

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:34 am  

So the thread regarding the Tribunal case is locked because of the kitchen troll, so thought I'd comment here, as it concerns big Nige at the RFL and the current Bulls organization, but the T&A reported that the case also names the Secretary of State of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as someone who they are claiming against.

Now I thought I understood most of this having stood on both sides at different tribunals (100% success rate so far!) and the rules of TUPE, but this gets more bizarre. I know the government gets blamed for most things, but really can't see why they are responsible for not paying 39 members of staff at Bradford Bulls. Anyone any ideas, apart from this statement that the government are involved confirms a massive conspiracy

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:39 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

I think you could be right.

Also didn't Petit approve Thorne only for the RFL to put out that a new team was being set up because Pet-tit had already announced the liquidation. For once the RFL would seem to be in the right, it was the Administrator that went back on his announcement?

Alleged the administrator facilitated the meeting between Thorne and the players that were left when they claimed the liquidation hadn't gone through the process yet, and they were buying the club and TUPE transferring the players across to a new co. The administrator had locked the gates, so had to sanction opening up the ground to let the meeting go ahead

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:41 am  

Scarey71 wrote:

I think you could be right.

Also didn't Petit approve Thorne only for the RFL to put out that a new team was being set up because Pet-tit had already announced the liquidation. For once the RFL would seem to be in the right, it was the Administrator that went back on his announcement?

Yeah I think he recommended Thorne to the RFL. Has the old company actually been liquidated yet? seem to remember someone posting that it was still in administration? Also I do seem to remember that in T&A Gareth Roberts was due to speak to the council and RFL in January this year, maybe he has something to do in the background too.

Back to Big Nige, if it is to be the case and it happens so be it. I just really hope he has learned massively from the mistakes he made at Halifax that they still havent recovered from. That is the big worry.

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:43 am  

Mirfieldbull wrote:

Alleged the administrator facilitated the meeting between Thorne and the players that were left when they claimed the liquidation hadn't gone through the process yet, and they were buying the club and TUPE transferring the players across to a new co. The administrator had locked the gates, so had to sanction opening up the ground to let the meeting go ahead

Didn;t this meeting take place at cue gardens, with a supposed RFL employee in attendance?

Re: Big Nige : Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:45 am  

Mirfieldbull wrote:

....

Now I thought I understood most of this having stood on both sides at different tribunals (100% success rate so far!) and the rules of TUPE, but this gets more bizarre. I know the government gets blamed for most things, but really can't see why they are responsible for not paying 39 members of staff at Bradford Bulls. Anyone any ideas, apart from this statement that the government are involved confirms a massive conspiracy

The claimants had claimed payouts from the Insolvency Service which were refused, so I suppose the thing must include a claim that the Insolvency Service was wrong to reject the claims.