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From reports wright was already spending a multiple of what his opponents were spending, the risk of having to pay our legal costs was probably not a major factor in his thinking.

He essentially bragged on his slack that the relative costs didn't matter as his goal was ruining his opponents by causing them costs.

A relevant detail is that even though loser pays in the UK they don't pay 100%, so one can potentially make the residual they do pay ruinous.