A temporary injunction that blocked asylum seekers being housed at an Essex hotel has been overturned at the Court of Appeal.
Lawyers for The Bell Hotel in Epping and the government challenged a High Court ruling that would have forced 138 asylum seekers to leave the site by 12 September.
Overturning the injunction, Lord Justice Bean said the High Court ruling was "seriously flawed in principle".
Epping Forest District Council, which obtained the initial injunction, says it will not rule out taking its case against the use of the Bell to the Supreme Court.
Three arrests were made after protesters gathered outside the hotel on Friday evening.
