Yet you've already decided CB can sue and will receive a fortune...the BS detector is smoking
It still needs someone to decide.
And if I'm wrong, I often am, I really won't care. I may raise an eyebrow, or perhaps shrug a shoulder.
I may post a brief missive in the Gazette congratulating you on your legal acumen.
"My Dearest Dave L,
I trust this message finds you well; it should, it would seem our little wager played out with Lady Luck on your side - or perhaps I'm doing you a disservice.
May I take this opportunity to extend my sincerest congratulations on a solitary instance of interpreting English Law in the correct manner on an obscure forum on the internet. Never let it be said that your knowledge of this seemingly irrelevant and very specific legal point is found wanting in any way, although there is only one way in which it could be found wanting, but it wasn't.
If this infernal virus would permit it, I would get my man to drive me the 70 miles down the M6 to shake you vigorously by the
neck hand.
Yours, The General.