In April last year at the High Court, Mrs Justice Collins Rice said she believed there were "compelling reasons for further investigation at trial" and refused Hancock's attempt to have the claim thrown out. The Covid vaccine rollout was not," the judge said. Hancock was granted a summary judgment – a legal step which ends the claim in his favour without a trial. "It is hard to understand why the written judgment does not reflect what took place at the oral hearing." Bridgen said he would be seeking advice to see if he could take the case to the Supreme Court.