And if there is an oddity about this potential debacle, it is that the Department of Health and local authorities did not look more closely at the shaky structure of the private care-home industry before facilitating its explosive and dangerous growth by channelling hundreds of millions of pounds in its direction.
An observation commonly made about engineering is that a structure will be beautiful if it hews closely to the laws of physics, that "elegance" accrues naturally to designs that obey and embody the forces.
The Shariah advisory board works closely with the parties to a proposed transaction to structure instruments so that they meet both Shariah and commercial requirements.
Investigating the evolution of the lion social structure in such detail, Prof Packer and his team have had to look closely at the many theories for this lifestyle that have been suggested over the years, such as co-operative hunting, communal suckling of cubs and defence of young against attack.