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Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and his parents are being sued in the High Court by a former adviser David Cody.
Cody contracted as Murray’s exclusive adviser in relation to Murray’s tennis career in 2003 for an initial period of two years, with Cody receiving 10% of gross payments from all commercial and sponsorship agreements entered into during, or renewed after the term of the agreement.
Cody was given six months notice in April 2005 for termination of the agreement, with the two parties negotiating a settlement of £65,000. However, Cody claims that he was not given the full details of a renewed sponsorship agreement with RBS before agreeing to the termination agreement.
Murray retained Patricio Apey to negotiate the termination settlement with Cody, and did not deal with him directly.
Cody alleges that Apey told him during negotiations that the RBS sponsorship deal had not been renewed, and it was uncertain if they would continuing sponsoring Murray. Murray contends that Apey said no such thing, and say that emails show that Cody negotiated with accurate knowledge of the RBS sponsorship deal.
Deputy High Court judge David Donaldson QC has given a ruling on a preliminary issue relating to costs, ordering Cody to provide security of $30,000 (£18,600) in order to continue his claim, as he is based in Texas in the US.
