Mega Thread Hird Appeal dismissed by Full bench of the Federal Court 30/1- Hird will not appeal. Details in OP.

[LiquidCrow]

"IT’S the vibe. It’s Mabo. It’s Hird.

For most of us, our relationship with the High Court of Australia comes from watching The Castle.

What an article! Next we'll have Martin Hardie stepping into the Dennis Denuto role.

 

[evo]

and he's now just soiling himself in public with the ferocity of a dodgy laksa.

 

[wowlace]

Well it just got lower again.....and he is the Chief Football Writer for News Ltd...

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ja...es-mark-robinson/story-fndv7pj3-1227202676160


"IT’S the vibe. It’s Mabo. It’s Hird.

For most of us, our relationship with the High Court of Australia comes from watching The Castle.

It’s in Canberra. It’s wigs and silks. And judges — and there could be up to seven of them sitting in judgment — are a bunch of crusty old people who look after the little people."

God damn that is piss poor writing. I'm embarrassed and I have nothing to do with it.

 

[Bluez Rule]

Off on another business school trip?

seeing a Doctor/Chemist in US?

 

[Reykjavik]

Hird was also extremely confident of his legals appeals, both of which were swept away with the judicial contempt it deserved.

Rather than the 'little man' (and isn't that an apt description given the corporate bully by his side) he's shown to be the 'big man who makes all the rules'. Or so he thinks. The man who thinks he can do no wrong, the man who has lead a charmed existence all his professional life. The man who obviously believes he's above the law.

As for Robbo, whose drunken dribbling over the Little Paper are amusing at times, has gone beyond denial, beyond wishful thinking, beyond sycophantic fart-catching, and he's now just soiling himself in public with the ferocity of a dodgy laksa.

You Sir are a poet for the new millennium. I am in awe.

 

[sammm]

Can you please explain it to me

What does Neoliberal even mean? And why is it bad?

eta: Actually I just had a quick read on Neoliberalism.............I have a very basic idea of what it is now.

Next question......what the hell does it have to do with any of this?

 

[Ancient Tiger]

Hirds judgement - stemming way back to 2011 when he bought in dank and charter to run his supplement program - has been exceptionally poor throughout this whole thing. Accepting full responsibility, and then not. Telling half truths and probably lies. Accepting a million dollars and contract extension from his club. Throwing mates and bystanders under a bus. Listening to Ian Hanke and Martin Hardie. Appealing Judge Middletons decision against the wishes of the Club AND the players. Does anyone else need any more evidence of his ******* poor judgement? And people still want him to be coach. **** me drunk.

It's hard to have good judgement when you think you are smarter than everyone else. It's not a problem when you actually are, however it is when you're not....

 

[Bluez Rule]

Just tuned into SEN for the first time since about October to keep abreast of this arvo's happenings.....

.....that middle aged crone Rita and the preening Richo are reminding me why i switched off.

SEN should rename - "FEN" -Flogs Everywhere Network" maybe?

 

[spenze]

What an article! Next we'll have Martin Hardie stepping into the Dennis Denuto role.

Martin Hardie isn't fit to shine Dennis Denutos shoes

 

[sammm]

Just as a side note, when was the last time a Senior coach left the country to attend to other business matters 8 weeks before the season starts?

I agree. Never heard of this.

 

[TerryWallet]

You Sir are a poet for the new millennium. I am in awe.

Grizzly and Robbo go way way back

 

[Allikat]

Its where Essendon, Hird and the players screwed up. Either they gave it up voluntarily in which case there is literally no case, or the AFL rules forced them to, in which case that should have been the subject of the initial trial. At no stage in the initial trial was the unfairness of the contract introduced by any party, and the full bench couldnt hear the arguments as a result. An appeal to the high court isnt likely to get traction for the same reason - the club, the players and the coach screwed up at the begining of the trial.

It baffles me that they didn't use this point in the first place. And because they didn't, any appeal to the High Court about the AFL contract wouldn't even make it to a hearing because it's not a valid point for appeal.

It'd be a good idea for any club that has problems with the AFL in the future to take note of it, because I think the fairness of the AFL contract to the players could have a strong case.

Sucks to be Essendon/Hird for having bad lawyers.

 

[grizzlym]

You Sir are a poet for the new millennium. I am in awe.

I am fortune to have such fertile subject matter to throw words at. Hird and Robbo deliver like the collected action photos of Putin.

 

[Allikat]

Well it just got lower again.....and he is the Chief Football Writer for News Ltd...

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ja...es-mark-robinson/story-fndv7pj3-1227202676160


"IT’S the vibe. It’s Mabo. It’s Hird.

For most of us, our relationship with the High Court of Australia comes from watching The Castle.

It’s in Canberra. It’s wigs and silks. And judges — and there could be up to seven of them sitting in judgment — are a bunch of crusty old people who look after the little people."

Wow. That's bad and make Australians sound stupid. Love the Castle, but I'm pretty sure most Australians relationship with the High Court comes from going to school

 

[Reykjavik]

I am fortune to have such fertile subject matter to throw words at. Hird and Robbo deliver like the collected action photos of Putin.

And they are almost as homoerotic.

 

[grizzlym]

Grizzly and Robbo go way way back

We do. Our relationship soured somewhat when he finally remembered he exchanged his car for a six-pack of West end Export one desperate night.

 

[Nikita Blue]

Just when you think the gene pool can sink no lower, Nek Minnitt, Kelly the Bombers fan gives us her informative legal view of the saga. Priceless.

oh dear I am without speech

 

[Argy]

As for Robbo, whose drunken dribbling over the Little Paper are amusing at times, has gone beyond denial, beyond wishful thinking, beyond sycophantic fart-catching, and he's now just soiling himself in public with the ferocity of a dodgy laksa.

 

[sammm]

Just read Justin Kenny's verdict and as a tafe graduate with a diploma in Legal Studies, I don't see how they (the 3 judges) came to their conclusion.

Hope we challenge, think we stand a good chance.

TAFE College. . Lol lol

 

[stabler]

Robbo has gone full *

 

[stabler]

They block that word now? Ok then, robbo is a 'very, very special person'

 

[TerryWallet]

We do. Our relationship soured somewhat when he finally remembered he exchanged his car for a six-pack of West end Export one desperate night.

This night?

or this night?

 

[Reykjavik]

We do. Our relationship soured somewhat when he finally remembered he exchanged his car for a six-pack of West end Export one desperate night.

Well, being West End Export I can kind of understand. That stuff is poison even for a hardened pisshead

 

[grizzlym]

This night?

or this night?

Stop tagging me. I gotta do the dishes!

Oh, that thread... DVC is a genius.

 

[Sector 7G]

It baffles me that they didn't use this point in the first place. And because they didn't, any appeal to the High Court about the AFL contract wouldn't even make it to a hearing because it's not a valid point for appeal.

It'd be a good idea for any club that has problems with the AFL in the future to take note of it, because I think the fairness of the AFL contract to the players could have a strong case.

Sucks to be Essendon/Hird for having bad lawyers.

Yep -spent their time attacking Andruska not the legality of the AFL's powers under their contracts.