Palestine Action Proscription: Court of Appeal Hearing

The judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action takes place in the Court of Appeal on 28-30 April 2026. The hearing can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_0kn6DzoPA

Deighton Pierce Glynn is acting for Amnesty International UK who, together with Liberty, have been given permission to intervene in the Court of Appeal proceedings.

The appeal was brought by Home Secretary after the High Court ruled that the UK government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful. Amnesty International UK and Liberty were given permission to intervene in the case in the High Court and submitted that the proscription decision decision was a disproportionate interference with freedoms of expression and assembly. They highlighted the long history of direct action protest in the UK and the serious impact of the decision with reference to the wide range of potential criminal offences that result from proscription, including the criminalisation of meetings that “further the activities of” the proscribed organisation, even where those activities are direct action protest in relation to Palestine. They have renewed and expanded on those submissions before the Court of Appeal.

The High Court ruling in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) is here.

Amnesty International UK were represented by Daniel Carey, Gus Silverman, Emily Soothill and Isabelle Ashgar-Williams, instructing (with Liberty) Tom Hickman KC of Blackstone Chambers and Jessica Jones and Rosalind Comyn of Matrix Chambers.