Guest the last . .I think when you say You'd spend a lot on solicitors you hit a rather large nail very squarely . .
and, as I said in the original article (with a couple of additions in bold, added for clarification:
He (Bulmer) is also known (rightly or wrongly) for being rather litigatious (he can afford to be, unlike most if not all of those with whom he is in dispute)
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