Actually Nerd, I wasn't suggesting that no solicitor would take the case because they can't win it. Solicitors take on cases they KNOW they can't win all the time, if they want to earn a living at law. Solicitors fees are not based upon whether they win or not, unless they take on the case for a % of the settlement or judgment.

Again, none of us are solicitors or entertainment lawyers are we? So to make absolutist statements about what each of us personally *believes* (as opposed to knows) is right or winnable, seems a bit silly to me. All we are discussing is pure conjecture. And I do believe if there were a really solid legal case to be put forward against Bulmer, someone certainly would have done it by now. Like it or not, the law may well be more on Bulmer's side than the artists.

I don't like that fact, but unless Pat is able to come up with a substantial judgment or settlement, I think we should all just accept things as they are, and move on. Nobody is holding a gun to artists' heads and making them sign contracts with Bulmer, right?