He could have ended it with the arbitration process that was set...

He could have ended it with the arbitration process that was set lat year, but he didn't and now we're taking the long road. What bothers me is that if ASIC were ready to put a deal on the table back then, why is it taking so long to bring this to trail now? The charges are simple and clear. It can't take this long to answer to them. You either have the evidence or you don't, and if you don't, face the music.

The problem is that putting a tight leash on the Doc can make it look like ASIC is restricting the normal operation of the business, and that potentially opens them to blame if things go bad. But, if the Doc does dodgy things in the meantime, there is no blame on ASIC and they can then prosecute him for that too. Win-Win for ASIC if they deal with this at arms length, lose-lose for investors. Given they don't really care bout investors, it's not hard to see why it is how it is for us now.