I've managed to catch up with the rest of the thread and there's a few things to add.
Procedure for judgement:
I will be made to both sides next week so they can go over the document and offer corrections (e.g. spellings, references etc. NOT to any statements or the judgment itself). It will then be given publicly in court the week of 30 June (so I assume it could be by Fri 4 July although more likely by the Thu as judges don't like to work on a Friday it seems). This is because this is the next time that the judge will be in Birmingham and officially, the judgment has to be given in the court but it will have been made by next week – but not publicly so we won't know for a while.
Transcripts:
I got people to check and they will be going out later today once released by the court. I think the intention was to try and get them released each day but this was either overlooked or not allowed. (I can check which if anyone cares enough although I'd rather not have to.)
THE JUDGENING!™
Someone who called the Higgs v Sisu result correctly was asked what they thought for this one. Basic answer: It's state aid no matter what happened with rent strikes, valuations and so forth. Make of that what you will. Personally I have no idea.
From chatting to a few of the legal folks at the end, they independently pointed out that the judge was making statements and using language like 'I put it to you...' when he should be more questioning. Apparently this can be common as judges will still use their legal experience from the time before they crossed from bar to bench, although this judge is one of only 4 in the country who had been a solicitor before rather than a QC / barrister.
Didn't have a chance for much more than casual chats with folks after and all sides disappeared off for confabs with their legal teams. Personally I'll be having a bit of a rest and some beers and footie (I vaguely remember what that is) later and then looking into how we can get some f'in negotiations going to bring us home.
Some good debate, banter and quality humour on here so hats off to all no matter what your view on the whole thing. It's kept me sane throughout some fairly tedious courtroom business