Singer David Van Day is heading for a reunion with the founder member of Eighties band Bucks Fizz - in court.

David, who lives in Hove, is being taken to court by Bobby G, who wants to stop him using the Eurovision-winning group's name to promote his new band.

The singer, who soared to stardom as one half of Dollar and had ten consecutive hits in four years, said last night: "I'm keeping the name alive."

The feud began in 1996 when Mike Nolan, the other male half of Bucks Fizz, quit the group and David stepped in.

Eighteen months later he left and joined forces with Mike to form supergroup Bucks Fizz Dollar, who appeared on a string of morning television shows.

When the pair split up, David advertised in The Stage, recruited three new members and attracted several bookings under the name David Van Day's Bucks Fizz.

But Bobby G, who still tours with a rival group under the Bucks Fizz name, said he was applying for an interim injunction to silence David's new group before making a backdated claim for compensation.

He said: "I have started legal proceedings against him which will be heard in court on Thursday.

"The name Bucks Fizz is a registered trademark and I'm seeking an injunction to stop him in the interim before we go to a full trial.

"They're playing in Exeter and all the adverts say either 'Bucks Fizz' or 'David Van Day's Bucks Fizz'.

"There are none of the original members in his group.

"We've served papers on all four of them. If they continue to use the name they risk a damages claim."

David, who owns a Brighton burger van, partly to cover the £50,000 costs of the legal row, said: "I have spent five years boosting the profile of the group. It was pretty much dead until I came along.

"When Mike and I started, the interest took off. I guess, with me in the band, they were getting two stars for the price of one."