> If she's not paying, it must surely be because she's broke, rather than out of some perverse thrill of screwing people over and also getting a more severe pen

> If she's not paying, it must surely be because she's broke, rather than out of some perverse thrill of screwing people over and also getting a more severe penalty. Precisely. The "rational" time to screw the lawyers is once the trial is over, not before. * Not actually rational because life is a multi-round game.