Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Defend Our Juries, which organised this protest in Edinburgh in September against the ban on Palestine Action, said the legal challenge could herald a ‘constitutional crisis’. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty

A former British diplomat has served a petition challenging the ban on Palestine Action in Scotland.

The case, brought by Craig Murray, is separate to the judicial review of the proscription decision being brought at the high court in London and could lead to a situation whereby the ban is ruled unlawful in Scotland but not in England and Wales.