A senior judge has told lawyers acting in a football kit sales dispute involving Rangers that the multi-million pound action will “kick off” next week. Elite were the exclusive brand partner to Danish sportswear firm Hummel and it instructed lawyers to go to the Court of Session in Edinburgh last November. Lawyer for Ashley's firm went to the High Court in London seeking an injunction to stop the deal between Elite and Rangers from going ahead. Judge Persey ordered that Rangers couldn’t “wear any Official Rangers Technical Products designed by, supplied by, gifted by or manufactured by Elite or Hummel, or bearing the Hummel brand”. Mr Thomson told the court that this new deal caused Elite to sustain losses which it needed to be compensated for.
