ian1964 10,761 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 .Rangers FC company secretary Gary Withey has left Collyer Bristow for â??family and personal reasonsâ?, the firm has confirmed. Withey, a partner at the firm, had become embroiled in the Glasgow football clubâ??s administration, after advising businessman Craig Whyte on his takeover of the club last year. Collyer Bristow has confirmed that Withey left the partnership and the firm on 1 March and that the firm does not know of his whereabouts. http://www.thelawyer.com/rangers-lawyer-quits-collyer-bristow-following-clubs-administration/1011681.article 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 “We’ve been in contact with him and he is no longer a partner of the firm,” a Collyer Bristow spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that the firm has been in e-mail contact with Withey for the past 10 days, but had not made any attempts to trace his location using his IP address. It is understood that Withey did not attend a meeting on 29 February, the day before his membership of the firm ended. Meanwhile, Taylor Wessing restructuring partner Nick Benson and Mark Phillips QC and Daniel Bayfield at South Square Chambers have won roles for Rangers’ administrators, Paul Clark and David Whitehouse at Duff & Phelps, on a successful application to the High Court to transfer £3.6m in client money from Collyer Bristow to Taylor Wessing. Duff & Phelps said in a statement: “We can confirm that following the court hearing Collyer Bristow paid approximately £3.6m to our lawyers, Taylor Wessing, to be held securely by Taylor Wessing until the High Court decides whether or not it is the club’s money. “Collyer Bristow will also disclose to Taylor Wessing details of the payments of funds out of their account on behalf of the club since May 2011. The High Court in London will hear further representations on the administrators’ claim to the money and our request for further information from Collyer Bristow on 8 March 2012.” Duff & Phelps has already hired Scottish firm Biggart Baillie as legal advisers on the administration (15 February 2012). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears 0 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Laymens terms please someone................... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,679 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Withey is still the club's company secretary, although I'd hope that he can be removed as quickly as possible. Duff & Phelps has already hired Scottish firm Biggart Baillie as legal advisers on the administration I had some dealings with BB recently and had a problem with them. Thankfully they haven't had the cheek to bill me for their work (yet). Edited March 5, 2012 by Bluedell 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,114 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 An interesting development, wonder how long before plod wants a word or two? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I'm continually pissed at the stick that "Rangers" are getting over all of this. It seems that the "Club" are painted as the bad entity and not the morally bereft individuals who put us here. Do we not have any strong cases as a "Club" to sue Collyer Bristow, SDM, CW, Withey, Ticketus etc? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,815 Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 An interesting development, wonder how long before plod wants a word or two? This may answer your question about what our admins have been doing these days. And I would assume that this is not the only work accomplished. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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