Needed to get out of bed and taken to court (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
had up
'taken to court' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'needed to get out of bed' is the wordplay.
'needed' becomes 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'need').
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'out of bed' becomes 'up' (synonyms).
'had'+'up'='HAD UP'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for had up that I've seen before include "Brought before the court" , "Called to account before a court" , "being courted" , "Put on trial" .)