More intriguing is why the cash-strapped union briefs a QC, no doubt with second counsel as his junior on perhaps two thirds the QC's fee,to fight a straightforward case like this, and , of course, how Mr Scargill has the funds to do the same. We can't know the fee in this case of course, but a clue lies in a newly appointed QC typically charging £5,000 for an hour's conference with the lay client. You can imagine what these two will charge for appearing in court.
As to the case itself, it has nothing to do with socialism; it's about rights under, and the interpretation of, an agreement, which anyone would and should claim, whether they are communists, socialists, speculators, entrepreneurs or none of those.