A judge has ruled in favour of Rangers in the latest round of a long-running legal battle between the club and Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley.

Mr Ashley and the Ibrox side have been embroiled in High Court litigation, centred on a kit deal, in London for more than a year.

A company in the Sports Direct Group, SDI Retail Services, had complained about Rangers being in breach of obligations under deals relating to replica kit.

Rangers lost a round of the fight in October 2018 and another round in July.

But on Wednesday a judge said he had ruled in favour of Rangers, following the latest hearing earlier this month in which club Lawyers asked for the injunction to be relaxed.

At that meeting, they said the injunction was hindering Rangers' ability to deal with a sports clothing company, the Elite Group.

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Judge Lionel Persey has now ruled in his favour - but lawyers representing SDI say they are considering an appeal.

Judge Lionel Persey has not published his latest ruling or explained his reasoning but told lawyers that he had ruled in favour of Rangers at a hearing in London.

The same judge had ruled in July that Rangers had breached an agreement but said he had reached no conclusion on how much compensation the club should pay.

Following the most recent ruling, lawyers representing Rangers said SDI should pick up club's legal bills for the latest round.

SDI lawyers agreed in principle because Rangers had won.

But they said Rangers had spent too much on lawyers.

They said the club's legal bill totalled around £100,000 and suggested that around half of that would be a reasonable figure.

Judge Lionel Persey split the difference.

He said SDI should pick up £75,000 worth of the club's legal bills.

The judge said £75,000 was a reasonable figure.