That's right, and not just in the Arts sector. It's a rough world out there and it's not always fair.

Besides, we don't know for certain what was said, because both parties are understandably refusing to debate this in public. All we have is an unsubstantiated comment quoted in the original petition by someone anonymous. Perhaps it's completely accurate, or perhaps it's inaccurate or taken out of context - we simply don't know.

I very much doubt whether any public statement will contain anything other than anodyne comments, and based on my own recent experience any settlement may well be covered by a confidentiality clause so its unlikely that we'll ever know for certain, although bits may leak out via "friends of friends".