It's a waste of time for laymen in this thread to try to sort out the directive and the outcome of this case, it doesn't work like that.
its not a waste of time.
you assume that the court judge sets the rules and the only thing anyone can do is to turn up and listen.
NO this is not the case, it is for the "layman" to best understand and determine what the rules should be and to fight and argue their case in such a way that the judge rules in our favour, as oppose to allowing the judge to agree with the opposition.
and as such preparing for it is best, and what better way to prepare for the argument. Well thats what this thread could be used for, so that the OP can take any interesting points to his lawyers to train and teach his lawyers about what bitcoin is truly about so that they can sound professional and accurate in court.
a true waste of time would be to say nothing and just turn up to court to allow the judge to decide on the law without any input from the experts (us laymen as you describe it)