1.   At the end of the police investigation the suspect must be taken before a prosecutor who Decides how the case should proceed.

2.   Because few such cases proceed to trial it was argued that claims assessors should be able to issue proceedings on behalf of their clients.

3.   There was no discretion to allow the case to proceed by transfer to the county court.

4.   Liability is admitted and the case proceeds on quantum only.

5.   There will be a delay before the case proceeds while his solicitor finds out more information about the alleged incident.

6.   Lord Penrose said that the case should proceed to a full hearing of evidence on those points.

7.   But the CPS appealed to the High Court against the decision ten months later and three judges ordered that the case should proceed.

8.   An appeals court overturned that decision, saying the experts could testify and the case could proceed.

9.   And how does it expect the case to proceed?