The League One club, along with Tottenham Hotspur, have been granted a judicial review into the decision by the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to award the Stadium to West Ham.

Hearn claims that if the Championship club are allowed to move into the Stadium then it could jeopardise their future.

But he is growing increasingly optimistic that following the decision to hold the judicial review - which is due to take place on October 18 - then Orient can overturn the OPLC's decision.

"It is a good battle to win but it is not the end of the war," Hearn told the Waltham Forest Guardian. 

"I am very happy we have got it [the judicial review] because it gives us a chance to put our case.

"I think we are getting the feeling amongst ourselves that we are being forgotten about by everybody and ignored.

"The battle seems to be West Ham and Tottenham and that is totally irrelevant."

If the judicial review is successful it could prevent London bidding to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

There has been speculation that if Premier League Tottenham will drop their challenge to the decision if an agreement is reached to help fund a new stadium for them at Northumberland Park, close to their current home at White Hart Lane, and Orient would be unable to continue their opposition because of lack of funding.

But Hearn promised that they will take their case as far as they can. 

"We are on our own," he said.

"There is no influence from anybody else.

"We think we can win.

"We think we can stop West Ham from going into the Olympic Stadium and we think if we don't we are out of business.

"We have no negotiation at all.

"This is our home and this is where we want to be.

"So we are going for the judicial review.

"We are still going to the Premier League.

"We are going to the Football League for breach of rules.

"And if we fail on that we will go to the European Commission on unfair trading and anti-competitive state subsidy.

"There is an awful long way for this to go yet."

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