The contract is there to help protect you. But it only helps you if you stand up and enforce it. In your case court might not be the best option. But there are times when going to court is the right and only thing to do. Like so many times in our lives we need to pick our battles. Some battles are won, not by standing up, but by walking away, others on the other hand, need to be fought. You are the only one who can decide which type of battle this is.