The Judicial Review had been expected to end on Friday, but ran on an extra day as barristers for Talk Talk, British Telecom and the "Intervening Group", which represents the BPI and others in the creative industries seeking protection against online copyright infringement, continued to spar over legal process.

Last week BT and Talk Talk pressed their case arguing that sections 3-18 of the DEA are incompatible with some European legislation.

Justice Kenneth Parker reserved judgment yesterday, but insiders suggested ...