Interesting thread from Hugh Grant on his lawsuit with The Sun, and why it seems so many people who have legitimate cases settle out of court.
If you don't have twitter/can't read the thread essentially:
The way that the court system is set up if you turn down a settlement and go to court, and then the settlement the court agrees on is less than the out of court settlement, you have to pay the legal fees for all involved. Murdoch has a huge team of incredibly expensive lawyers, and his out of court settlement offers are very large, so they make it not worth the risk of going to court and getting a regular settlement but then getting lumped with the legal fees - Grant says the bill would be £10m(!) for his case, so he's settled out of court and is donating the settlement money