Co-founder’s lawyer says group is part of an ‘honourable tradition’ of direct action and civil disobedience The proscription of Palestine Action is a repugnant, unprecedented and disproportionate interference with the right to protest, the high court has heard. On the first day of a legal challenge to the ban brought by co-founder Huda Ammori, her lawyer said the group had been engaged in an “honourable tradition” of direct action and civil disobedience prior to proscription. Continue reading...

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The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’ Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy. In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...