**NEW** Balkwell case judge says the matter is 'OF GREAT SUBSTANCE..DIFFICULTY..PUBLIC IMPORTANCE' - so orders a Category A 3-day trial >>> Today's (15 Oct 2015) BBC report on Les Balkwell's High Court victory

I was with Les Balkwell in the High Court today. Here is the BBC's report on the case, complete with a new picture of him taken outside the court this morning. The judge decided that there would be 3-day trial of this case next June or July, on the issue of 'quantum' only (Essex Police having now conceded liability). The judge had to decide what 'category' of judge should hear the case. Paragraph 29.2 in the notes to CPR 29 in the White Book provide that “When giving trial directions, ...