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8. 3 or 4 weeks for a preliminary hearing

Thu May 30, 2019, 01:19 PM

May 2019

The next hearing at Westminster magistrates court is expected to take place in three or four weeks and will be purely administrative, but Johnson will have to attend. He and his legal team will be asked if he intends to contest the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/29/boris-johnson-appear-court-eu-referendum-misconduct-claims

I heard on the radio the full case was expected to be heard months from now - well after the Tory leadership contest will be over.

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