18 June 2026
The Judiciary Exits the Scene
The Court of Appeal has reversed the High Court's ruling that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. A special five-judge panel found the ban proportionate, affording the Home Secretary wide latitude on national security grounds. The result of the ruling, and its lop-sided account of the separation of powers, is to remove meaningful legal constraint on the Home Secretary’s capacity to proscribe a group for operational effectiveness reasons, even if that group only has minimal engagement with activities that satisfy the definition of terrorism, as well as with respect to invasive national security powers more broadly. Continue reading >>
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21 January 2021