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A panel of judges said they would consider the issue of contempt of court proceedings against individuals once that was complete.

A panel of three senior judges said it would be "premature" to decide whether to begin contempt of court proceedings against any individuals before the new investigation was complete.

The corporation argued the threshold for contempt of court proceedings against MI5 and three individual officers had been met.

There are a range of potential options, from accepting the conclusions of MI5's investigations to initiating contempt of court proceedings against MI5 itself or individual officers - or both.

The judge has said he would decide on another day whether he would hold Homeland Security officials in contempt of court.