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Playing with fire to say "we've agreed confidentiality as part of the settlement, but we still got a substantial amount out of them." At the very least that risks voiding the settlement and putting her Clients at risk for the sake of a passing shot.

The notion that an insurance company is going to be more sympathetic than in-house lawyers is misguided. With significant sums of money in play, insurance companies will often employ bullish denial tactics until their panel firm advises them to knock it off.

£20m for defence costs looks high, but needs to be considered in context of the size of the Defendant. QOCS also needs to be considered; large amounts of that £20m could have been for successfully defended claims, where the money simply could not be recovered from the losing Claimants.

Anyone genuinely concerned about the tax payer's loss would not suggest seeking private insurance for an organisation as huge as the MOD. The premium alone for such a policy would likely dwarf the £20m defence costs spending presently in place.