Court of appeal ruling means Yvette Cooper can try to block move by protest group to have ban overturned
The home office has won a legal decision which means it can attempt to block a move by Palestine Action to have its ban under terror laws overturned.
The latest legal twist in the battle between the government and the protest group – now proscribed as a terror organisation - saw the court of appeal rule that Yvette Cooper can challenge the decision to grant a judicial review of the organisation’s proscription that was due to be heard in November.
The appeal ruling emerged on the same day six people appeared in court to deny terror offences after being accused of trying to organise mass gatherings with the aim of rendering the ban unenforceable.
It comes ahead of a planned protest on Saturday where organisers have said they are expecting more than 1,000 people to attend a rally near Houses of Parliament.
