Quote: Mad_Jack_Mcmad "He was on £95,000 a year. I can't see how he can claim loss of earnings on all that because he is currently employed AFAIK (to be fair I haven't studied Employment Law for about 22 years so my knowledge is hazy/out of date) *edit didn't see Espanyol swans post which pretty much says the same thing*. His main beef appears to be a testimonial he was due at the end of the current contract. Apparently Mickey Rourke and Joe Calzaghe had organised events for him and he believed he could earn up to £100,000.
The club are stating that he was not sacked solely for the Twitter picture but for a series of events including the CCup final partying and the fact that he was constantly using "unattractive" language and behaviour on twitter. Also that he tweeted about a product called Muscleforce which is a rival of Muscle King although he claims he gained no money (can't see that's really relevant though although it does suggest a lot about his motivations in life).
His argument is that he was sacked because the club had signed Fielden and Kopczak who, according to Mason's lawyer, are on £55,000 and £60,000 respectively.The club had been trying to get rid of him but he wanted to hang on for his testimonial.
ATEOTD the club much feels it has a strong case or they would have settled out of court which is what happens in the majority of these cases.
Information from today's Examiner.'"
The employment law is a complete farce - Having just gone through the thing having stopped employing a nanny due to the children growing up.
They tried to claim £15K because I had not followed the correct procedure (turns out I had). Point is if the club has not followed the correct procedure - to the letter - then they could well get caught out and lose the case