Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:56 pm
MadDogg wrote:
That really is utter nonsense. Look at the quotes below. Leeds kept hold of him until they received a fair financial settlement as well as a replacement in Matt Parcell. Until that point he could go nowhere and do nothing.
“The situation with James Segeyaro has not changed, even though we have signed Matt Parcell,” Hetherington said. “James Segeyaro remains on our register and on the RFL’s register as well and he may well remain for the next two years.
He will only be off that at the expiry of his contract, [but] he remains on the transfer list and is available to anybody who makes an acceptable offer.”
Hetherington confirmed Rhinos are also pursuing a separate action against the Papua New Guinea international for breach of contract.
Segeyaro joined Rhinos on loan from Penrith Panthers in July and signed a long-term contract two months later, but declined to return from a break in Australia, saying he had been homesick during his time in Leeds.
The Rhinos chief said there is now no possibility of the two parties getting back together. “James himself, through his manager, cancelled his contract by writing to us and confirming he would not be fulfilling the remainder of his contract,” Hetherington stated.
“The situation with James Segeyaro has not changed, even though we have signed Matt Parcell,” Hetherington said. “James Segeyaro remains on our register and on the RFL’s register as well and he may well remain for the next two years.
He will only be off that at the expiry of his contract, [but] he remains on the transfer list and is available to anybody who makes an acceptable offer.”
Hetherington confirmed Rhinos are also pursuing a separate action against the Papua New Guinea international for breach of contract.
Segeyaro joined Rhinos on loan from Penrith Panthers in July and signed a long-term contract two months later, but declined to return from a break in Australia, saying he had been homesick during his time in Leeds.
The Rhinos chief said there is now no possibility of the two parties getting back together. “James himself, through his manager, cancelled his contract by writing to us and confirming he would not be fulfilling the remainder of his contract,” Hetherington stated.
If you are basing your beliefs on Gary Hetherington, you’re crazy. As soon as Leeds didn’t pay him, he could do whatever he wanted as they were also in BoC. He may have committed the repudiatory breach, but that doesn’t mean the employer can’t commit a BoC too.
The way things stand legally is that either the employee or employer can terminate an employment contract. Whoever commits the repudiatory breach can be sued by the other party for BoC, but they need to be able to prove a quantifiable financial loss (and that’s not possible for Wigan). It’s also complicated by the fact that the employee isn’t in the UK, so you have to go to a pretty high (and costly) level to make anything legally binding.
Gary Hetherington is not a specialist employment lawyer. Leeds never took any action against Segeyaro because it would have been a waste of time and money.
