It's my fashion to go on anti-government rants every now and again (as Gordon has pointed out)-- but it is situations like this that have coalesced, solidified, and reinforced my opinion that in the great majority of instances government (rather than existing to provide a level playing field and protect the weakest members of society from becoming grist for the mill) protects and advances the interests of the richest and most powerful.
I'm not an anarchist, or even especially anti-authoritarian-- I believe completely in authority derived from taking and exercising responsibility capably, and I know that leaders should be respected, even when they lead imperfectly (as all leaders are wont to do).
But I absolutely believe that power is almost always corrupted with money, and that power and money have a natural affinity for one another. JLR brought and paid for this ruling, and I'll never believe otherwise. It is a perfect distillation of the golden rule: those with the gold always rule.
One expects this sort of thing in a kleptocracy or totalitarian state-- but in point of fact, this kind of thing happens all the time in places which give lip-service to the primacy of the individual. Tilting the table towards the most powerful is just baked in the government cake. It matters not how liberal the democracy claims to be-- what seems to be the uniting characteristic is how much love and trust of authority exists in a given country, and how much government people want. Nordic nations love, love, love their government. It doesn't surprise me at all that JLR chose Sweden as the place to bring suit.
Germany is next, just FYI.
It's said that in heaven, the Germans are the engineers, the English are the cops, and the French are the chefs. In hell, the Germans are the cops, the English are the chefs, and the French are the engineers.