RE: Bake is Cooked27 May 2026 12:11
Whether:
there is a full stay,
partial stay,
or refusal, none of those outcomes automatically prevent settlement discussions continuing.
In fact, commercial settlements often happen:
after stay rulings,
during arbitration,
during court proceedings,
after mediation failures,
or even shortly before full hearings/trials.
And in this dispute specifically, there are several reasons why settlement remains plausible under almost any procedural scenario:
prior mediation already showed willingness to negotiate,
nobody has yet secured a knockout,
legal costs continue rising,
the dispute is commercially messy,
reputational pressure exists for both sides,
and prolonged multi-track litigation/arbitration becomes exhausting and expensive.