The London Welsh case never went to the high courts? It set no legal precedent what so ever. It was a 'normal' RFU appeals panel, except one that the clubs sent QC's too.

The appeals panel ruled that London Welsh should be promoted (despite failing to meet minimum standards) because other clubs already in the premiership didn't meet those very standards. Nothing to do with "what happens on the field of play".

Thats a very valid point but in our recent discussion with Sheikh Onamaface the lack of guaranteed p&r killed the deal.

Interesting. When we were negotiating with Baron von moneylaundering, it was the fact that he could almost guarantee getting a team into SL by building the right club infrastructure, rather than having to depend on the lottery of a small set of playing results that made the idea so attractive to him.

Thats quite interesting, do you think its a cultural thing between Germans and Arabs or historical, due to one having one and the other not?

No.