Arron Banks allowed to appeal over lost libel action against Carole Cadwalladr

High court judge grants permission on one ground after ruling last week in Observer and Guardian journalist's favour

The multimillionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks has been granted permission to appeal against the judge's decision in his unsuccessful libel action against the Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

Banks, who funded the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign group, raised five grounds on which he said Mrs Justice Steyn had made a wrong decision in her judgment relating to comments Cadwalladr made about him in a Ted Talk and a tweet, both in 2019.