West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis has lost a £3.7 million High Court fight with former club Crystal Palace.
Pulis had earlier this year been ordered to pay £3.7m in damages to Palace by a Premier League Managers' Arbitration Tribunal.
The West Brom boss had claimed that the decision was unfair and mounted a challenge in the High Court, but judge Sir Michael Burton has ruled against him after a hearing in London.
Details have emerged in a written ruling published by the judge on Monday.
Burton said the tribunal had analysed evidence after Palace complained about the way Pulis had left the club at the start of the 2014-15 season.