Orient go for judicial review

Leyton Orient have served notice on the London Borough of Newham that they intend to apply for a judicial review of its decision to arrange a £40m loan for West Ham United to help them in their bid to move to the Olympic Stadium.    The move came after Baroness Ford of the Olympic Park Legacy Company knocked on the head the possible compromise of a move to a new stadium at Eton Manor, although the final decision is not hers to take.

Orient also intend to sue the Premier League, the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport so the writs will be flying around.   Barry Hearn says that he is proceeding under ''anti-competition law'.   I'm not sure what this, but perhaps he means competition law.   Should this be the case, it will be interesting to see what the exact grounds for the action are, although Hearn claims to have the best barristers.