You have me there. What was the court case all about?

Justice?

Not quite as I rlrecall itrl

Harris signed a 4 year contract with Rhinos in December 1999 and less than 18 months later was attempting to weasal his way out of it.

Given his previous track record with Warrington, GH as Chief Exec, with advice from Chris Ross at Cobbetts , took the neccesary steps to make the best of a bad situation. And to be honest, both of them played a blinder. Not too sure how a hypothetical case would pan out in court though.

It is also interesting to note as far as moral high ground........it all ended in tears at rlCardiffrl as well. I'm beginning to detect a pattern with Mr Harris.

Take your pick....Harries is either one of the most duplicitous people you are likely to meet, or has had extraordinary poor advice throughout his career.

I am firmly in the former camp. I acknowledge his abilities as a player, and what he may bring in a coaching role to the game in the future. His articulate appearances on Sky are testiment to his RL knowledge.

Any bets on the chances of a Sky contract..... or will he be getting paid cash in hand?

At least he saw out his last SL contract having learned from the errors of his previous ways.

Read paragraphs 15, 17 and 45 of that judgment and, accepting as you have that Harris was badly advised, tell me how that is not consistent with the scenario I described above?

Nice one

The scenario you painted may well have been how it played out in Harris's mind. However, I would suggest that Mr Justice Grey called it correctly.


I think that Paragraphs 13,14,15,16 and 17, show quite comprehensively that Harris's claims he knew nothing about Clause 5,.... that nary a word was mentioned by the WRU,... His agent,... his solicitor, or in his several discussions with GH, were rightly dismissed by Justice Grey.

I thought Justice Grey was more than generous, in his explanation that these discrepancies were caused by Harris having a limited ability to understand Contracts. Contract Law is one thing, understanding basic spoken English is something else. His subsequent television appearances would suggest he's not as thick as he chose to portray himself in Court.

Paragraph 45 confirms it was immaterial whether he understood the Terms of his Contract, as his Agent and Solicitor certainly did.


I personally think that Harris intended to maximise his career earnings, and may have thought his undoubted on field ability would let him disregard any Contracts which he had signed. It's thinking like that which keeps lawyers in business .

You know, if Adolph Hitler had played a few seasons for us, and later claimed his brain fart in 1939 was the result of bad advice, I'm pretty sure there would be a few numpties on here loudly proclaiming his abilities at stand off!


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