Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient have been victorious in having a judicial review granted over the decision to award the Olympic Stadium to West Ham United.
The Premier League side and their League One counterparts were both unhappy with the decision of the Olympic Park Legacy Company to award the use of the ground to the Hammers after the 2012 games, with Spurs challenging West Ham's local authority’s decision to cough up a loan of £40 million to fund their move to the arena.
Before the decision was granted to award the ground to the Hammers, who are currently based much nearer to the East London stadium than Spurs but not than Orient, Tottenham had made a strong case as to why they should move there.
However, it was felt that their admission that they would not be maintaining the arena’s athletics track cost them any chance, with the OPLC determined that a legacy from the games remain at the venue.
The court had previously rejected legal moves by Tottenham and Orient to challenge the West Ham decision. But, it seems the fight will now go on after a High Court judge ruled there are sufficient grounds to review the process by which West Ham’s bid received unanimous backing.