At the hearing, Mr McCammon said the club had tried to "frustrate him out" by refusing to pay private medical bills to help him regain his fitness following injury when he still had eight months left on his contract.
However, if this sort of manoeuvre is finally ruled to be legal, the rules designed to protect minority shareholders will be made worthless since it will always be easy for majority owners to frustrate them by handing out lots of small blocks of shares to their friends.