SOME of the brightest minds in UK law will do battle over the future of Liverpool FC.

Today’s case will examine whether American co-owners Hicks and Gillett have the power to change the board and dismiss the £300m offer of New England Sports Ventures.

It will be heard by Mr Justice Floyd, in the Chancery division of London’s High Court. He has been a nominated judge of the Patents Court and a Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal since 2007.

According to Who’s Who, he is an expert in patents and during his career as a barrister and later a QC he appeared in a number of leading cases in that field.

LFC have appointed one of the country’s leading legal minds ,Lord Grabiner, QC.

He is said to be in the £2m-a-year club and is one of the giants at the Commercial Bar.

He has been involved in most of the big commercial cases, such as the big Apple v Apple case, in which he famously said “even a moron in a hurry” could tell the difference between his client, Apple Computers, and the Beatles’ Apple Corporation.