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LAWYERS FOR RORY McIlroy have requested greater powers for the discovery of documents relating to fellow golf pro Graeme McDowell’s relationship with Horizon Sports Management.
The application was made in the High Court today by McIlroy who is seeking to have his contract with Horizon voided because he claims they misrepresented it to him.
McIlroy signed a contract with Horizon in December 2011 but announced last year that he was ending his association with the company.
Horizon claim that it remains McIlroy’s “lawful agent” and insist it will be entitled to “their full commissions for some years to come”. This, it says, includes a portion of the $100 million Nike contract signed by the Co Down golfer in 2012.
Horizon says that McIlroy has already earned $70 million over the past two years on the basis of contracts its team negotiated but that he has refused to pay commission since the start of 2013.
McIlroy contends that when he signed with Horizon he was told that it was on similar terms to McDowell but since discovered that he was on “significantly inferior terms”.
Horizon says that “no such representation” was ever made to McIlroy.
McDowell was represented by Horizon since 2007 but it was announced in the past month that he will leave the agency when the current contract expires at the end of this year.
It has also been alleged by McIlroy’s lawyers during the course of the legal process that McDowell was a shareholder in Horizon, something McIlroy claims he was not aware of.
Horizon denies McIlroy’s claims saying that they are “cynical devises” designed to extricate him from “lawfully due commissions”.
In an affidavit submitted by Horizon to the High Court today, company director Conor Ridge claimed that McIlroy is attempting to muddy the waters by involving McDowell:
I believe that the Plaintiff (McIlroy) has now sought to involve McDowell in these proceedings by reference to a baseless allegation of misrepresentation in order to pressurise the Defendants and to damage Horizon’s relationship with Mr McDowell and ultimately inflict further damage to the Defendants’ business and reputation.
The affidavit also accuses McIlroy of ‘destroying data’ that is ‘crucial’ to the case. It claims that McIlroy has professed to using only a mobile phone for communication and that he has deleted mobile phone data for the period between January and May 2013.
Horizon also deny that McIlroy was on “significantly inferior terms” than McDowell. Lawyers for the company say that the contracts entitled Horizon to 20% of both golfers’ off-course earnings.
Horizon has also launched a counter-claim against McIlroy for which it is seeking additional damages for an alleged breach of contract.
The full case is due to commence in late January 2015.
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Massive disappointment, the headline sucked me in, I thought she was on the aircraft when he partied in his undies.
Deliberately misleading headline alright.
The very best headline I’ve read on thejournal.
Legend get him on the late late
You have to be a presenter of another RTE show to get on that hot ticket.
Just give him a ticket to the show. He’d jump up on stage and make the show watchable for more than 2 whole mins.
It’s a fair point Jambon. If Tubs starting giving yippers and erb to everyone in the audience not only would the atmosphere be ELECTRIFYING, I for one would be queuing around donnybrook awaiting the night of our lives.
Was it Enda Kenny??
I bet he got a kick in the Caucasus for his trouble…
Probably a pat on the head. Sit ubu sit.
I think the Germans will have special methods of punishment for this humour filled individual
She was checking out Dacchau ; how appropriate rubber !
Luftpantsa
Maybe he was trying to get higher..
Pathetic joke
Why are so much of yous idiots that every article has something to do with enda kenny. Is your brain so lowly capacitated that you can’t actually bring a proper comical sentence to the forumbin relation to the incident.
Can you repeat that in English please.
Enda kenny
Enda Kenny, when asked recently on how he felt about Mayo’s All Ireland chances avoided the question and blamed the whole thing on the previous Fianna Fáil government.
What I want to know is where were the rest of the A-Team. I’d expect this type of behaviour from Murdock – but from Mr. T? What’s the world coming too!
The reason he didn’t try to fly it?
“I ain’t flying in no plane fool…”
Mr. T wouldn’t get on no plane, fool.
Ah… that explains the drugs – clearly Hannibal mixed up the meds in his milk.
Mr T is doing a show on BBC3, World’s Craziest Fools. It’s dumb but hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlIPx6MYE-U
Definitely wasn’t Irish. We don’t have money to spend on marijuana and ecstasy. Or underwear.
Speak for yourself fool.
Aw Gaz, give us a score. i promise I’ll buy leopardprint second skin speedos. And disco biscuits lol
“Enda, mein lickspittle, DAS IST VERBOTEN!!”
It wasn’t that mad Irish priest was it.
I really hope it turns out to be enda kenny:)
Oh yes I did!!
Probably because she had taken the shirt off of his back. :)
Headline had me thinking we had flying high bunga bunga party.
It was Mr Merkel.
It would have been great if he got the plane going.
There’s been serval high profile embarrassing news stories for Merkel over the last 2 weeks. Interesting given there is a major election coming up in September.
I don’t know the lady and don’t think she has been a great leader, certainly in European terms…. but ya gotta wonder why this is all happening now….
“Butch Merkel and the Wingdance Kid !”
We all partied
He must have been out of his vulkan mind….
Must have been Silvio thinking it was bunga bunga party night.
What are maijuana pills?
They’re like magic beans ; If the cops catch you with them you can’t emigrate !
German version of our dancing priest fella
Guess you could say
It’s all “up in the air” at this stage
Seriously, who the fu*k is Angela Merkel?
Anything for a few bob these days
Tear the underwear of Angela with me teeth so I would.
You might get a surprise with what you might find if you did.
One of the Bushes perhaps….
According to the bible John the only good bush is a burning bush ; Satan and his son dubya read the passage and thought “Middle East !”
Shit I hope it wasn’t Enda !
Angela’s wingman is going around in underpants ; t’would remind you of Top Gun .
More underpants parties!
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