Plaintiffs in the litigation felt that they had no real choice but to accept the settlement. The wife of one of the plaintiffs explained that the Government announced a settlement payment in December 1990 and her husband attended a meeting in London with Mark Mildred of Pannone Napier to discuss the matter. HIV-infected people with haemophilia and all litigants, or at least a commanding majority, had to accept the offer, drop the litigation, and sign a waiver of rights.