Originally Posted by
cLeArIcE
100% the fines would've already been factored in to a cost benefit analysis of outsourcing the work. They knew there were going to lose this one a while ago.
As Kenny Rodgers said "You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them." If you know you're going to lose, you don't appeal to the High Court and turn what would be an embarrassing but fairly low-key settlement into a highly visible
PR disaster.