Danielle Lipow, a lawyer with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which represented the plaintiffs along with other groups, said the payment represented about two-thirds of the legal fees incurred in the case.
Firstly, bankruptcy costs are only incurred in the case of a default, while fire sales may also occur if there are no defaults in the system.
In a written statement to the assembly Mr Kennedy said: "Following the recent High Court case in which Mr Gormley was awarded damages against Sinn Fein, he had indicated that all that he wanted from the litigation against the department and the other defendants was an apology and the legal costs incurred in the case.
The costs incurred in these cases are "monitored and kept as low as possible to ensure the best value for money is achieved".
The company previously set aside a reserve to cover legal costs that it could incur in the case, though it has not specified them.
The investment does not include the cost of housing and food, because they would have been incurred in any case.
Courteau thinks that the rules on military secrecy should be adapted to suit "the reality of the risks incurred", in which case a national commission would be set up "to monitor the impacts and effects of climate change on geomechanical stability and emissions of hazardous radioactive nuclides".
To illustrate the government's secrecy on this issue, back in 2014 Green MP Caroline Lucas asked in parliament what legal costs had been incurred in the Eurotunnel case.
Officials say those expenses are only part of the overall bill incurred in the Assange case, which has included 18 months of court hearings and has cost British taxpayers millions.
have sensitivities and specificities that do not appear high enough to base a therapeutic decision on their results given the risks incurred in case of a false-negative test [44, 45].
