City Call in Bailiffs - Ipswich Town News
Bailiffs were called in by Manchester City yesterday to recover £509,000 from Town manager Joe Royle. The former City boss recently lost an appeal against a High Court ruling which had awarded him £422,819 last July.
Official papers were served yesterday and a bailiff was sent to the club, a week after a payment deadline had expired, but the Town manager was at Town's Playford Road Training Centre.
A cheque for £435,000 was later received by City's solicitors, Manchester-based firm Kuit, Steinart and Levy.
The Appeals Court also ruled that Royle should meet a substantial amount of City's costs. Royle has said he plans to take the case to the House of Lords.
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