The Latest Breaking News on Epping hotel asylum case: what has the court of appeal decided and why?

The government was particularly worried that the High Court decision could have been a catalyst for other similar decisions around the country, which would have thrown its policies for housing asylum-seekers into disarray.

Councillor Christopher Whitbread said he was ‘deeply disappointed’ after a Court of Appeal ruling on Friday.

Britain’s Court of Appeal has overturned a temporary injunction that would have blocked asylum-seekers from being housed at a hotel northeast of London

THE Home Office has won an appeal to overturn a temporary ban on housing asylum seekers at a hotel which has been plagued with far-right protests.

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

Judges say decision to allow injunction was ‘seriously flawed’ and contained several ‘errors in principle’

Somani Hotels – which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping – and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

Dozens of demonstrators marched on The Bell Hotel on Thursday evening as police formed a line outside the building

When anti-asylum demonstrations have so much support from the mainstream, a smarter, more tailored message is needed, says campaigner and barrister David Renton