A leading legal source contacted by Sail-World believes that the New York Supreme Court will get ‘very stroppy’ with Societe Nautique de Geneve, Defender of the America’s Cup when the Contempt of Court matter is heard on 14 May.
Sources have told Sail-World that they believe that while there might be some conflict between the provisions of the Deed of Gift and what was required to satisfy the timing issue created by the 10 month period in the Notice of Challenge (the minimum contemplated by the Deed of Gift), they believed that ‘the Court would have been aware of the provisions, and while it is not easy to reconcile the two, nevertheless the Court has made an Order.’Â …Â Details