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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by benjojo12 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:03AM (#45994075)
> but ended up not being convincing enough not to cost them 70k pounds

It might end up being more than 70k£ for them, given MG's legal fees may not be included in that price (I can't see any indication either way)

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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by fancyfredbot on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:39AM (#45994569)
The legal fees are not included.

They are probably very high. I'm not a lawyer but other similar cases have fees in the range of 150K to 300K.

It's a life changing amount of money. The stakes are very high for both sides. Honestly it's really sad that this happened and I am not sure anyone has come out happy.

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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by mjg59 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:12PM (#45994957)
My fees came to about 260K GBP so far - while it's likely I'll be awarded some percentage of that, that doesn't mean I'll actually see any of it. As you say, it's not the sort of thing that anyone actually comes out of happy.
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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by sevg on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:39PM (#45995294)
> it's not the sort of thing that anyone actually comes out of happy

The lawyers do! :sweat_smile:

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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by pjc50 on Thursday November 20, 2025 @04:21PM (#45997918)
Ouch. I hope this is the end of this difficult experience for you :(
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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by jeroenhd on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:30AM (#45994438)
I don't believe it will, at least he doesn't seem to think so: https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/115582067345182203
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Re:Judgement on Dr Matthew Garrett (@mjg59) vs. Dr Roy Sches... by i_am_jl on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:38AM (#45994552)
The linked post indicates he expects the judgement to include costs (which I understand to be the rule of thumb in UK courts).
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