A JUDGE has set dates for hearings at Scotland's most important civil court for two cases involving Rangers.

Judge Lady Wolffe arranged for proceedings involving the Glasgow side to take place at Edinburgh's Court of Session in the new year.

The first case involves a judicial review brought by billionaire businessman Mike Ashley. The tycoon was fined £7,500 by the SFA in March 2015 after being found guilty of breaking their regulations on dual interest in football clubs.

He contravened the regulations over how he owns just under nine per cent of the club's shares.

Mr Ashley fell foul of the SFA's disciplinary rule number 19 which states that no person who has a formal interest in one club can have a similar role in another side.

Lawyers acting for Mr Ashley claims the SFA acted incorrectly and they are seeking a judicial review into the SFA's decision.

The second case involving Rangers is brought by MASH Holdings Limited who wish the SFA's May 2015 decision to declare 'Gers chairman Dave King a 'fit and proper' person to be judicially reviewed.

The company is the ownership mechanism in which Mike Ashley holds his Rangers shares in.

Mr King had to be ratified by football's ruling authorities due to his tax convictions in South Africa.

The businessman admitted to 41 breaches of the South African Income Tax Act and agreed to pay a £43.7 million settlement in 2013 following a legal battle.

Lawyers for MASH claim the SFA's decision was wrong and that Mr King isn't a fit and proper person to be involved with a football club..

Lady Wolffe set the dates for that hearing on April 28 2015.