I work 5 minutes from the High Court

[Torres]

Should I nip round there later in my red and white scarf?

 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_companies_winding.htm

[GenevaSaint]

Should I nip round there later in my red and white scarf?

 

Rhetorical? Doesn't really need an answer surely Torres!

[COMEONYOUREDS]

do it!

[Merovingian]

yes and please let us know the outcome

[hutch]

I've got a feeling it's in that annexe near the bottom of Chancery Lane, not that I've been there.

 

Make sure you go to the right place.

[SO16_Saint]

Should I nip round there later in my red and white scarf?

 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_companies_winding.htm

 

I would be disappointed if you DIDNT

[Torres]

I've got a feeling it's in that annexe near the bottom of Chancery Lane, not that I've been there.

 

Make sure you go to the right place.

 

I've checked the map already.

 

Incidentally, I did head over when Rupes sued the Mail but didn't get chance to congratulate the great man on his victory

[bungle]

You best get down there, young man.

 

And I want live text updates!

[hutch]

And while you're there, Torres, can you make sure the fat lady's in the right building too.

[Michelle]

C'mon Dan, get a shift on over there!

[Bucks Saint]

I think the poor little HMRC need all the support they can get against those big, nasty, bullying PFC lawyers

[benjii]

Should I nip round there later in my red and white scarf?

 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_companies_winding.htm

 

Yes, don't bother going in though - the hearing is in the Thomas Moore building which is basically just a small office block.

 

Hang around outside behind the reporters on the Strand.

[Giordano]

As a Southampton Diplomat i commend your diplomatic tact. On second thoughts leave the scarf in the office and just offer any crying PFC fan congratulations on the news that they are definately in the Championship next season or (maybe) having a little rest in the lower non-leagues for a decade or two...

 

when alls said and done- 16,000 for a MUSTWIN GAME ..... a game 24 hours before court d-day......when they could all turn up to show how much support there is for pfc....and 1000 were sunderland too......the myth of the "great supporters" well and truly expired last night...................

[Saint_Jonny]

Quite sad looking down that list of businesses, many of them with quite homely sounding names. So many failed dreams!

 

Fook pompey though.

[buctootim]

Quite sad looking down that list of businesses, many of them with quite homely sounding names. So many failed dreams! .

 

I thought that too, sad. Not too surprised about 'House of Cards Ltd' folding though.

[Minty]

Should I nip round there later in my red and white scarf?

 

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_companies_winding.htm

 

F*ck, that's a lot of winding-up to be done...

[bungle]

The text updates are proving interesting. Apparently they are discussing vat law.

[Minty]

The text updates are proving interesting. Apparently they are discussing vat law.

 

Text updates? Where they then?

[Wilko]

If you can get on Sky Sports News, I'll buy you a Freddo.

[swannymere]

Sky Sports reporting that HRMC state Pompey owe them £11.5M not £7.5M as pompey say! HRMC states Pompey are insolvent and Pompey arguing that they have two buyers in the wings.

[bungle]

Text updates? Where they then?

 

On my phone.

[Torres]

Well that was fun!

 

The court agreed that Pompey are and have been trading whilst insolvent. However, Pompey have claimed that they are in a position to pay some debt and submitted new evidence to the court 20 minutes before the hearing.

 

They also claimed that the £7.4m in VAT that HMRC claim is owed is, in fact, not. They reckon that VAT should not have been charged on player transfers, but as HMRC pointed out, they have collected that money so they either need to pass it to HMRC or hand it pback to the clubs who paid it to them. Either way, they owe that cash and can't pay it but this appeal is ongoing.

 

They seem to accept that they owe £4.7m in PAYE to HMRC.

 

There was also a point where the PFC barrister claimed that the FA have provided significant sums to allow them to pay debts! Not sure what that was about.

 

But enough of the boring stuff. Today I got to share a room with Marc Jacobs and Peter Ridsdale, as well as that Alex bloke from Channel4 news and various other journos. Happy days.

 

I don't think I made it onto SSN though

[SoccerMom]

They also claimed that the £7.4m in VAT that HMRC claim is owed is, in fact, not. They reckon that VAT should not have been charged on player transfers, but as HMRC pointed out, they have collected that money so they either need to pass it to HMRC or hand it pback to the clubs who paid it to them.

 

Can you imagine any other business making this argument stick? truly mind-boggling.