Irving v Penguin Books & Lipstadt 1996-I-1113 (QBD)
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Mr Justice Gray

Judge

Mr Justice Charles Gray (1942–2025), the trial judge, joined the High Court bench in 1998 after working as a libel barrister and Recorder. He delivered the 349-page judgment on April 11, 2000, and found for the defendants.

Trial appearances

DayDateTurnsFirst line
Day 1 Jan 11 54 Court overcrowding and the trial-structure dispute
Day 2 Jan 12 304 Three film exhibits introduced
Day 3 Jan 13 247 Irving brings the Bletchley intercepts to court
Day 4 Jan 17 280 A court point on witness credibility
Day 5 Jan 18 284 Irving introduces a new document
Day 6 Jan 19 196 Browning's report on Franz Rademacher
Day 7 Jan 20 338 The Schlegelberger memorandum continues
Day 8 Jan 24 322 Rampton resumes cross-examination
Day 9 Jan 25 257 Van Pelt's availability and the witness timetable
Day 10 Jan 26 312 Van Pelt's second day under cross-examination
Day 11 Jan 28 323 Crematorium II blueprints, doors, ovens, and ventilation
Day 12 Jan 31 237 Kevin MacDonald's testimony and remaining van Pelt issues
Day 13 Feb 1 290 Remaining matters from van Pelt's evidence
Day 14 Feb 2 245 The remaining document bundles
Day 15 Feb 3 127 Documents carried over from the previous sitting
Day 16 Feb 7 246 Sir John Keegan cross-examined by Irving
Day 17 Feb 8 288 Browning's second day: stolen property and Operation Reinhard
Day 18 Feb 10 314 Richard Evans begins his evidence
Day 19 Feb 14 302 Evans returns for his second day of cross-examination
Day 20 Feb 15 330 Evans's third day of cross-examination
Day 21 Feb 16 269 Evans's fourth day of cross-examination
Day 22 Feb 17 331 Evans's fifth and final day of cross-examination
Day 23 Feb 21 381 Evans returns for the final questions
Day 24 Feb 23 269 L0002
Day 25 Feb 24 332 Longerich returns to the witness box
Day 26 Feb 28 321 Longerich corrects his previous day's evidence
Day 27 Feb 29 332 L0002
Day 28 Mar 1 338 Funke's second day of evidence
Day 29 Mar 2 268 Funke finishes and Irving returns to the witness box
Day 30 Mar 13 107 The parties prepare their closing arguments
Day 31 Mar 14 87 Final arrangements for the closing arguments
Day 32 Mar 15 168 Reason for the previous adjournment and order of closing arguments