Friday, September 28

Four mill to the lawyer boys

A staggering £4 million has been spent by the London Legacy Development Corporation in legal disputes with West Ham. The figure emerged when the LLDC chief executive Lyn Garner was being questioned by the London Assembly's budget and performance committee. That's almost two seasons' rent squandered on fighting the LLDC's anchor tenant. West Ham might not be entirely blameless in this, but it does seem like the LLDC is arguing over every point following its poor negotiating over the original contract. 

Some of the legal fees have gone on the bizarre carpet dispute and rows over TVs and draught beer. For £4 million we could have installed a different-coloured carpet for every day of the week. While there's still no stadium naming rights deal. It's time to stop making the lawyers richer and to see some cooperation between the LLDC and West Ham.

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