Leeds United embroiled in fresh legal battle - Yorkshire Evening Post 13/2/15
by Phil Hay The long-time parent company of Leeds United is fighting to reverse a winding-up order issued against it by the High Court this week. A judge in London ordered Leeds City Holdings Limited to be liquidated on Monday over a debt claimed by former club solicitor Mark Taylor. Taylor - a lawyer who acted on United’s behalf during much of Ken Bates’ time as chairman - sought payment of £45,000 for work carried out in December 2012, the same month that Bates sold Leeds to Gulf Finance House. A winding-up petition was served on Leeds City Holdings before Christmas and a receiver has been appointed to liquidate the firm following Monday’s court hearing, a hearing which officials from United failed to attend. Speaking today, however, club chairman Andrew Umbers said attempts would be made to overturn that ruling. Umbers said: “The debt is a solicitor’s bill which is incapable of founding a winding-up order. LCH is now taking the appropriate action.” Leeds City Holdings (LCH) w...