Jack Rush QC called in to mediate drugs saga compo between Essendon, Nathan Lovett-Murray

TOP mediator Jack Rush, QC, has been called in to help settle the escalating compensation stand-off between Essendon and former defender Nathan Lovett-Murray.

TOP mediator Jack Rush, QC, has been called in to help settle the escalating compensation stand-off between Essendon and former defender Nathan Lovett-Murray.

Rush will oversee a final attempt to resolve the dispute at a meeting on September 1.

Lovett-­Murray, one of 34 Bombers banned for doping, is preparing a $1 million Supreme Court damages claim against the club after compensation negotiations ­collapsed.

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Nathan Lovett-Murray fears drugs administered during the Essendon supplements saga have contributed to health issues suffered by his daughter.

Essendon have offered Lovett-Murray about $200,000.

It emerged yesterday Lovett-Murray’s lawyers were also seeking advice on joining the AFL to their Supreme Court writ.

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Lovett-Murray says he fears the drugs he was given during the club’s 2012 injections program have caused his daughter’s health problems.

Harmony Lovett-Murray, 3, was conceived about a year after the regimen was stopped.

Former Bomber Jake Carlisle, now at St Kilda, settled his compensation case with the club last month.

Top QC Jack Rush has been called in to broker a deal between the two parties. Picture: AAP

Lovett-Murray and Alex Browne, delisted at the end of 2015, are the last of the 34 past and present Bombers players yet to agree to terms.

Essendon will honour club great Dustin Fletcher with a pre-game lap of the MCG before next Saturday’s clash against Carlton.

Fletcher was unable to take part in last year’s Grand Final day parade of champions because of the WADA suspensions.