The Court of Appeal has rejected the government’s attempt to block Palestine Action from judicially reviewing its ban under the Terrorism Act.
The group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in July following a vote of MPs, but its co-founder, Huda Ammori, won the right for a review to take place in November at the High Court.
Ministers tried to stop the case from going ahead, arguing that de-proscription is dealt with by a specific Home Office review process, which can take several months.
The BBC reported that Anmouri's lawyers told the Court of Appeal that, due to the circumstances in which Palestine Action was proscribed and the level of public support, it would be unfair to subject the group to this longer process.
In her decision, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said a judicial review would be a "quicker means of challenging the order proscribing Palestine Action, than applying to deproscribe".
She added: "A judicial review would enable the High Court to give an authoritative judgement on whether or not it was lawful to proscribe Palestine Action.”
Carr said the judgement, due to be made at the High Court next month, "could then be relied on in criminal courts hearing charges against any person arrested in connection with their support of Palestine Action".
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