Acker Regency did have a choice. If they did not want to be invested in Prem they would be selling their shares over a period of time. They are not doing this.
Graham have you read all of 91s post at 10.33. Apart from criticism of your support for prem I wholeheartedly agree with his post. I see Steven hasn't replied to the points he made.
I would think the Chinese and many other nations could counter claim for wrongs done to them. How about Germany paying compensation to Greece for war atrocities.