There was one case that I am aware of which supposedly was settled out of court against Bulmer. That case was detailed in article in the Guardian in 1997, which stated:

"...two alleged victims...Gary and Glen Millar of the Durham-based Whiskey Priests, who received no royalties for their albums "Nee Gud-Luck", and "The First Few Drops", after signing up with Celtic Music in the Eighties. In 1993 they took their case to the HIgh Court and, in an out-of-court settlement, obtained costs and the recording and publishing rights to everything they had done."

Whether the awards actually were as stated above or not, I have no idea. Such settlements usually require neither party disclose the terms of the settlement. The same article also claimed:

"At least five cases have been brought against Mr Bulmer's music firms. Some have been defended by Neil Sharpley, his partner and lawyer."

I've never heard about any of these, other than in this article. I can't vouch for the veracity of the claims made therein either. But before people get all up in arms about the awful partners of Mr. Bulmer, they would do well to remember that another of Mr. Bulmer's parters, for 15 years, was Dick Gaughan. Dick Gaughan himself has since admitted that he gave Bulmer advice to buy up the catalogs so either an academic institution wouldn't get them, or an American interest like the Library of Congress plunder the "national treasure" (sic) of the nation's folk traditions. Apparently, what is good for the goose is not good for gander when it comes to plundering other nation's cultural treasures.

Of course, Gaughan himself since claims to have been hung out to dry in the partnership too.

Notice how I'm not defending anyone here. Just pointing out what a convoluted mess this is. Gaughan himself said he doubted that any artist could get a court to overturn the issue of the rights to the music and the masters. And he said that in the very same thread that the Guardian article was posted to, so it isn't as if he wasn't aware of the settlement for the Millars. Yet he, like everyone else, has remained silent on the issue of the other court cases alluded to in Guardian article. I have no reason why.

There is no condoning what Bulmer is doing. But there is also no condoning the ways that the Jones Jihad'ers have reacted to this situation either. An eye for eye leaves two men blind, after all.