Court of Appeal’s Palestine Action ruling paves way for scores of criminal cases

Police remove protesters from outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London after the Court of Appeal ruling (Maja Smiejkowska/PA) - (PA Wire)

The ban of Palestine Action as a terror group was lawful, judges at the Court of Appeal have ruled.

In a ruling which likely paves the way for hundreds of criminal cases against people accused of supporting the group to go ahead, five Court of Appeal judges said the ban was a “justified and proportionate” interference on freedom of expression rights.