Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
The arguments and refusal to pay/accept responsibility is not the fault of Dalman or Tan personally, it is the insurance companies.
If they think there is good reason not to pay they won't pay until they have dragged every single possible argument through the courts.
even if the CAS finds against City there is still the possibility that the insurance company will refuse to pay because of a different interpretation of this or that or whatever.

If City had accepted liability before the CAS the insurance company may have said they were in breach of their contract with them and still not pay.

Whatever city are doing will be on the advice of their lawyers and the insurance company's lawyers. you don't pay for that kind of advice and then ignore it.
Even then, clubs or clubs insurance companies will sue the insurers of the Agents and the Plane owners insurers, it will be still going on in decades time.