In considering who "won" my perspective is based on the stated intentions of both parties in respect of what "winning" looked like.
NGN have been open about wanting to settle (as they have done with multiple other claimants. They got a settlement.
It may have cost them more than they wanted to pay at the outset, but at some point they have arrived at a figure that bought them the outcome they wanted.
Harry wanted his day in court and prove corporate complicity (as opposed to the blend being confined to "rogue" Private Investigators).
He did not get either of these things. He did however get what will be a very substantial pay off, though how much of that is left after he's paid his costs is unknown.
So on balance I think it's a win for NGN.
That's not to say I think Harry was wrong to settle (the system is designed to promote this outcome). I also believe he was (like others impacted) entitled to be compensated.
What's unclear is why Harry settled now and not previously when even earlier this year he was still being very vocal about seeing this through.
He MUST have been aware about the financial risk he was taking because he referred to it himself in being a champion for those who could not afford to do so.
So I can only conclude that either his financial position has changed, meaning he is not in a position to take risks he previously felt comfortable doing or in the end NGN made him an offer that he was prepared to forgo his principles to collect. Or possibly a combination of both.
Either way he's the one that ultimately folded here based upon his stated intentions and dare I say it, the somewhat sneering manner in which he referred his brother's settlement does not reflect well on him now he is in the same boat.