Mandy

[Bromptonaut]

1. Was such a process in place?

2. If yes, to above, did Government (ie us tax payers) stand an evens chance of winning at tribunal?

3. If no to (2), personally, I would rather have dragged the unsavoury bastard through the courts

The question you asked at #184 was general.

The answer was positied on the same basis.

Even with a snake like Mandelson it's almost always easier and cheaper to settle than pay a fortune to contest a claim. Even if an ET claim foundered on all points the cost of following it through would have been several times £75k

Pragmatism in play.