Surely when you believe you have been wronged and when you...

Surely when you believe you have been wronged and when you believe someone has broken a binding agreement that results in you losing an economic advantage, you have the right to at least test this. Just because some people say the deal was not binding, is it a reason to fade into the background? No. Cookie obviously believes it was binding and has the right to test his case. He doesn't like to feed lawyers but in some cases, you have to.
It is sad, but once upon a time, a deal was a deal and a handshake used to be enough to settle it