{"id":349836,"date":"2011-03-30T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/olympic-park-legacy-company-tottenham-are-considering-%e2%80%98potential-judicial-review-proceedings%e2%80%99-over-awarding-of-2012-stadium-to-west-ham\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:41:00","slug":"olympic-park-legacy-company-tottenham-are-considering-potential-judicial-review-proceedings-over-awarding-of-2012-stadium-to-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/olympic-park-legacy-company-tottenham-are-considering-potential-judicial-review-proceedings-over-awarding-of-2012-stadium-to-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Park Legacy Company: Tottenham are considering \u2018potential judicial review proceedings\u2019 over awarding of 2012 stadium to West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Craig Turnbull<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Mar 2011 14:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"87.916187594554\">\n<div readability=\"12.759493670886\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Olympic Stadium at Olympic Park\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3920e3b9123685_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Olympic Stadium at Olympic Park<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"69.621741894469\"><\/p>\n<p>        The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) have confirmed that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> are planning to take them to court over the decision to award London rivals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham<\/a> the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games.<\/p>\n<p>The decision from the White Hart Lane club comes after the news that the brand new Olympic Stadium had been completed.<\/p>\n<p>But the OPLC feel they have done everything in their power in handling the procedure correctly, fairly and accurately.<\/p>\n<p>A OPLC spokeswoman told the <em>BBC<\/em>: &#8220;We can confirm that a letter before action in relation to potential judicial review proceedings has been issued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been consistent, fair, objective and entirely equal in our dealings with the bidders from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are confident that if these judicial review proceedings are pursued,  our approach will be entirely vindicated by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Olympic Park Legacy Company ran a very rigorous and transparent process in its selection of the recommended preferred bidder,&#8221; the spokeswoman added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been supported by independent experts in their field in terms of legal, financial, commercial and technical advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has been pursuing the possibility of relocating Spurs to the Stratford site since initial plans to demolish and expand White Hart Lane became financially unviable, a decision which has been heavily criticised by MP for Tottenham, David Lammy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8840c990123511hp2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/><strong>Hop, skip, slump |<\/strong> Spurs&#8217; unsuccessful plans for the Olympic Stadium post 2012 games<\/p>\n<p>Spurs&#8217; plans to secure the stadium after the  completion of the 2012 games included the proposal to build a new  state-of-the-art athletics venue at Crystal Palace, with the club  refusing to incorporate a running track within their plans &#8211; insisting  that such a design would diminish the atmosphere of the arena.<\/p>\n<p>The OPLC, along with the the UK Government and the office of the mayor of London, have four weeks to reply to the letter issued by Tottenham, and it is then up to the north London club to take action and present the papers to the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the the OPLC&#8217;s announcement, Tottenham have issued a statement insisting that, for the time being, the club &#8220;have not issued any proceedings&#8221; over the Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>A statement of the club&#8217;s official website read: &#8220;At this stage the club has not issued any proceedings against the Olympic Park Legacy Company (the OPLC) or any other party in respect of the decision regarding the award of the Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club\u2019s lawyers have written letters to the OPLC, the Mayor of London, the Minister of Sport and the Secretary of State for Local Government and a separate letter to the London Borough of Newham raising a number of concerns with the processes which led to the award.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The letters also requested &#8211; in the interests of transparency &#8211; for the provision of certain information concerning the processes, which the Club considers that it is entitled to,&#8221; the statement continued.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tottenham Hotspur will determine its next step as and when it receives a response to these letters.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3920e3b9123685_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/30\/2418319\/olympic-park-legacy-company-tottenham-are-considering\" title=\"Olympic Park Legacy Company: Tottenham are considering \u2018potential judicial review proceedings\u2019 over awarding of 2012 stadium to West Ham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympic Park Legacy Company: Tottenham are considering \u2018potential judicial review proceedings\u2019 over awarding of 2012 stadium to West Ham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Craig Turnbull 30 Mar 2011 14:41:00 Olympic Stadium at Olympic Park Related Links Teams The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) have confirmed that Tottenham are planning to take them to court over the decision to award London rivals West Ham the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games. 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