"It'll be our business," says Redzepi. "Normally you're approached first and decide the terms of the deal.
"We will decided if and when we answer any questions," one student who wouldn't give his name said, "and we will decide the terms".
Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, tersely notified Iraq that the Security Council, and not Baghdad, would decide the terms under which weapons inspectors would return to Iraq.
A lower court will now have to decide the terms of a new settlement, or whether to push the case to trial.
The Danish model suffered a further blow when parliament then passed a law that decided the terms and conditions of Danish teachers ostensibly without consulting them.
Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secretary, held urgent talks with Whitehall departments, including the Home Office and the Welsh Office, today to decide the terms of the inquiry, which is likely to be headed by an experienced judge.
But by pointing out how the company responded, the S.E.C. sent a message to others about the aggressive steps the government will look at in deciding the terms on which to settle a case.
What Ms. Rowling is saying, however, is that her control of Harry Potter is so all-encompassing that only she gets to decide the terms under which a companion book is allowable.
According to Baldota, the meeting was to decide the terms of the raising contract.
