Catt loses his case

[Easy 10]

Better than Crawley or Worthing though.

Hmmmm...not so sure about that.
Crawleys a bit of a trek, but it'd be worth it to stand on a terrace in an actual FOOTBALL ground....(Worthing would never be allowed in the League as it is now).

Who'd rather play at Crawley than Withdean then ? Maybe it needs its own thread / poll. But I'm not sure I can be bothered.

 

[The Oldman]

Some good news for once or will he appeal after all it won't cost him anything as we are paying through our taxes?

 

[Hiney]

Have you got details, Hiney?

Afraid not.

Just a one-liner from Tim

He asid details would be on the club site 'later'

 

[Rangdo]

I nonetheless still hope that he dies soon, hopefully uttering the word "Withdean" as he expires. C.unty.

If he does you won't hear him over the excessive noise from withdean.
Where next for knobber Catt then? European court of human rights?

 

[Caveman]

At last some good news. One day we'll all look back and remember when we use to get caught up in legal battles and marches, instead of just being able to take our kids and grandkids to watch our football team.

 

[Silent Bob]

 

[eastlondonseagull]

If he does you won't hear him over the excessive noise from withdean.
Where next for knobber Catt then? European court of human rights?

In all seriousness, though, could the wrinkly old tosser appeal and drag it on, and on, and on?

 

[Curious Orange]

More importantly, do you think that this "enormous noise" is some kind of mythical beast that legend-has-it prowls Withdean 23 times a year, yet is rarely seen or heard?

 

[The Large One]

If he does you won't hear him over the excessive noise from withdean.
Where next for knobber Catt then? European court of human rights?

Unlikely. I think Legal Aid only covers certain types of court case. Not sure what the rules are, but Legal Aid isn't there to bail out cantankerous old bastards intent on destroying everything for their own personal ends.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

Just received another text from Tim Carder:

Catt's case has been found and handed in at lost property.

 

[Muzzman]

Maybe on the first home game of the season we can all point in the vacinity of his house chanting a hearty rendition "You're not singing anymore!"

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

This makes a mockery of the legal aid system that someone can take trivial complaints to the courts when the real issue is all about keeping working class scum (football supporters) out of one of the poshest areas of Brighton, even somebody with perfect hearing would not be bothered by crowd noise 25 times a year from the theatre of trees because there is hardly any in the first place. This is why LDC think they can milk the judicial system and it will only cost £65,000 because the rest of us will be paying the difference through taxation.

 

[The Large One]

Albion Win Withdean Court Battle

The Seagulls have won their case brought by John Catt, a Withdean resident, who challenged the planning application for the additional seats at Withdean.

Mr Justice Collins, who handed down his judgment in the High Court this morning, dismissed all the grounds for challenge by Mr Catt; that the club should have submitted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with the planning application for the new seats and that the decision was made unlawfully by Brighton & Hove City Council.

Mr Collins found that the council had considered all the issues relating to the need for an EIA and had concluded correctly that it was not needed. He also found that all the issues had been considered correctly by the planning committee and that the decision was lawful. Finally, he found that Mr Catt had not kept the Albion or the council properly informed as to his intention to challenge the decision and that he was out of time in lodging his challenge. In addition, Mr Collins dismissed an application by Mr Catt to appeal against his judgment.

Albion chief executive Martin Perry said, "This challenge should never have been brought. Brighton & Hove Council got their decisions spot on this time and have handled it very well. "It is an outrageous use of public money by Mr Catt. He used Legal Aid to bring this unnecessary action and he has forced the council and the club into spending thousands of pounds both defending it and answering spurious questions under the Freedom of Information Act.

"We have no chance in this case of recovering our costs because he is being supported by Legal Aid. However let this be a salutary lesson for Lewes District Council. Spurious challenges in the High Court can be defeated and we have put Lewes on notice that if the judgment by the court is similar to the terms of the Consent Order offered to them by the Treasury Solicitor, we will see to recover our costs of the court action.

"The costs to Lewes could run to hundreds of thousands of pounds. Our costs alone are likely to be in the order of £75,000 and you have to add to that the costs incurred by the Treasury Solicitor, Brighton & Hove City Council, and their own. We repeat that it is totally unnecessary for the challenge on the Falmer decision to go to court and Lewes District Council are gambling with thousands of pounds of tax-payers' money."

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Nice bit of fighting talk there by Monsieur Perry. Let that be a lesson to you LDC. We will win

Just think what the money spent on the Catt case could have been put towards. When will these fuckers learn!

 

[Caveman]

Well said Martin Perry When we win this latest court case lets screw LDC and make them look like a bunch of twats that they are!

 

[Caveman]

Just think what the money spent on the Catt case could have been put towards

Exactly! There are people out there with serious illnesses and this is how the tax payers money is spent. I'm so angry I can tell you.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Apart from getting legal costs reimbursed when LDC lose, are the club entitled to compensation arising from LDC's delaying tactics and gross ineptitude ?

 

[KPTF]

Just think what the money spent on the Catt case could have been put towards.

Another Turienzo?

 

[the wanderbus]

The only problem now is that the old bastard will go off & conjure up some other pointless whim to take to court ,he's probably planning something this very minute, lets just hope he keels over before he gets the opportunity.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Albion Win Withdean Court Battle


Albion chief executive Martin Perry said, "This challenge should never have been brought. Brighton & Hove Council got their decisions spot on this time and have handled it very well.

"tsk" "tsk" Martin.

Note the use of the word "THIS"


Tint little back handed swipe at an incompetant planning authority methinks