Some academics may find themselves silenced, censured, or threatened by a
less egregious but nonetheless career - breaking attack: being fired from their positions, in most
cases under false pretexts such as budget cuts or unfounded claims of fraud or poor performance.
It will be for the courts below to work out just where
less clearly
egregious cases than those of DSD and NVB fall on that scale, but reading the judgment as a whole, the scope for doubt should not be overestimated.