Updated with judgment documents – Judge Rules Against OccupyLSX

The High Court this week ruled in favour of the City of London Corporation’s calls for the eviction of the Occupy London protest camp outside St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The Judge turned down a direct request to appeal the decision, but granted permission to Occupy defendants to take their case to the court of appeal. Addressing a courthouse packed with supporters, the Judge ruled that in the event of no registered appeal by 16:00 on 27th January,  eviction proceedings would be permitted to get underway.

Barrister Michael Paget commented on the High Court’s conclusion with claims that proportionality and necessity of an eviction are far from obvious, stating: “The Judge could have said that we are not allowed to stay overnight. But he has gone much further than that and said that we’re not allowed to go there during the day. That is the ground for the appeal.”