With a court date listed for March 2026, yesterday the judge announced the trial was being delayed until 2028, with a provisional court date of 4 January 2028.

This means that once the case gets to court it will be 10 years since the initial investigation into Patisserie Holdings plc was launched by the Serious Fraud Office in October 2018 following the collapse of cake and café chain Patisserie Valerie amid allegations of a £40m fraud at the business.

In September 2023, the SFO issued charges against the former finance director of PHp, Christopher Marsh, his wife, accountant Louise Marsh, as well as financial controller Pritesh Mistry and financial consultant Nileshkumar Lad.

All four defendants have pleaded not guilty on all charges.

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