The Settlement Analysis

Help me analyse a settlement position.

Matter type: [DESCRIBE]
Our position on liability: [DESCRIBE]
Their position: [DESCRIBE]
Claimed quantum: [RANGE]
Costs to date and projected: [FIGURES]
Time to trial: [PERIOD]
Client's actual objective: [DESCRIBE — often not the money]

Produce:
1. A decision framework: the variables that determine whether to
   settle
2. Cost-benefit at [FIGURES I SUPPLY] — do not supply probabilities
   or figures I have not given
3. Non-monetary factors: time, disruption, reputation,
   confidentiality, precedent, relationship
4. What the other side's incentives look like
5. Negotiating structure: opening, anchoring, concession pattern
6. Terms beyond money that could bridge a gap
7. What must be documented for the client to give informed
   instructions
8. How to present this to the client so the decision is genuinely
   theirs

Do not predict outcomes or assign probabilities. Do not cite
anything.