you may well be right that cathay have taken to court but i didnt realise they bonded. there are european countries where the maximum bonding period is one year (by law). so where do we stand in the united states of europe! as for precedence it can only apply where the law of the land applies and in our case in the uk it can also include european law.
a lot of companies have gone through name changes and there are a lot of companies merging (TC) etc my "new" company name bears no resembelence to the name on my contract, i wonder how that works. i also re-signed a contract and that had no mention of bonds does it supercede the old contract. food for thought.