Liverpool takeover: the best images from the high court

Justice Floyd, a contract and intellectual property law specialist, will be called on to decide whether Liverpool's American owners, Tom Hicks (left) and George Gillett (right), broke a contractual agreement with RBS when they attempted to sack the club's commercial director, Ian Ayre, and chief executive, Christian Purslow, both of whom are members of the board Photograph: Mike Egerton/Empics Sport

Liverpool supporters make their feelings known outside court Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

The chief executive of Liverpool, Christian Purslow, arrives at the high court and makes his way to court 16, where the case is set to be heard Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Hicks and Gillett may have received dog's abuse off fans had they turned up today, but they did not attend Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

Martin Broughton, Liverpool's independent chairman who was brought in by RBS as part of its refinancing agreement with Hicks and Gillett, believes that RBS had a binding agreement that gave him sole reponsibility over the board and prevented them interfering in the sale process Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

As the case gets underway another Liverpool supporter waits anxiously outside the high court building Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

The press almost outnumber Liverpool's supporters as they too wait for news Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images