They have heard from 60 to 70 witnesses, and their proceedings are conducted in secret.

Further good news is the fact that the time required to conduct proceedings has been reduced to nine months.

Here's what the court has to say about the decision to conduct proceedings away from the public and the press:

It is a panel that meets three days each week, and its proceedings are conducted in secret.

The court may conduct hearings or other proceedings in relation to the petition.

The matter of how this proceeding will be conducted remains somewhat unsettled.

Until now, such proceedings were conducted in private, and only final decisions were announced.

Nothing could have exceeded the decorum with which the proceedings after lunch were conducted.

Legislative proceedings shall be conducted in the English language.

Its proceedings were conducted through the medium of Welsh.