Update

Wetherspoon (JD) PLC
29 November 2006

                              J D WETHERSPOON PLC

                                 Press Release

J D Wetherspoon issued a claim in the High Court in March 2005 against Van de
Berg & Co Ltd, the company it had used as its property finder and consultants
for many years.  The other defendants in this claim were either directors or
ex-directors of Van de Berg or companies associated with those directors.  The
claim brought by Wetherspoons relates to four property transactions and is a
claim primarily for breach of contract and a breach of fiduciary duty.

Wetherspoons received approximately 3,000 property transaction files from Van de
Berg in April of this year relating to actual or proposed property transactions
for Wetherspoons.  It has employed paralegals to review these papers over a
number of months.  The matter has then been passed to Wetherspoon's legal team
to review and on the back of this review a new claim has been issued this month
against Van de Berg and three individuals who were at the relevant time
directors of Van de Berg.  This new claim relates to 10 different property
transactions in respect of which Wetherspoons allege serious breaches of
contract and fiduciary duty..

In court this week it has been decided that the trial on the first case should
be adjourned and should be heard alongside the trial on the new case.  This
trial will take place after 1 October 2007.

Wetherspoons are pleased that this very serious matter will be heard by the
courts next year.


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