LATEST: Two former members of defunct British pop group BUSTED are planning to relaunch a court battle for royalties from the band's songs after a London High Court judge rejected their claims.
Ki MCPhail and Owen Doyle filed a lawsuit earlier this year (08) against their former bandmates James Bourne and Matt Willis for $20 million (GBP10 million) in unpaid royalties after claiming to have helped pen a number of the group's hit tracks.
However, the pair's court battle was thrown out of court last week (06Jun08) after Judge Morgan dismissed the case - throwing the duo's reliability as witnesses in court into question.
Now, they are set to appeal the judge's decision after releasing a statement claiming they would now be recredited as "original co-owners" of a number of Busted's songs, meaning they would be in line for the royalties from the songs, according to Gigwise.com.
MCPhail and Doyle claim they helped to pen four tracks including Year 3000 and What I Go To School For with Bourne and Willis when they formed a group called The Termites in January 2001.
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