Recently, I had something of the same response to a decision made by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to sue a small voluntary organisation based in Wolverhampton, called "Kids in Communication", which works to develop young people's radio and communication skills.
The LSC, a quango with an income of just over 10bn, had come to the conclusion that this organisation, which has a staff of four and assets of 4,500, had failed to deliver on a contract worth 119,000. The LSC sued.
Unable to finance an adequate legal defence, in the end one of the voluntary directors of Kids in Communication decided to give 50,000 of his own money to settle out of court rather than see the organisation go under.
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