The solicitors of the late Donald Bradman's son, John, have initiated proceedings in the Supreme Court of South Australia, seeking damages from the law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. Click here to read Gideon Haigh's report on the case in the Australian.

The essence of the complaint is that Allens, while serving the foundation, disregarded \Bradman's repeated instructions that his heirs and successors enjoy right of veto over the foundation's commercial uses of the Bradman name.

The family's disenchantment with the foundation briefly became public three years ago when the foundation licensed food company Unibic to market Bradman Chocolate Chip Cookies in India.

The family described Bradman as "a loved and missed family member, not a brand name like Mickey Mouse". A foundation spokesman at the time counterclaimed that it had "full confidence that he would happily have approved of the venture", and an inconclusive mediation ensued at the end of 2006.