Campaigners claim victory as judges quash Braverman move against protests

Appeal court backs ruling against home secretary's redefinition of when police could put limits on protesters

Civil rights campaigners have hailed a huge victory for democracy" after the court of appeal upheld the quashing of a key anti-protest regulation they said was introduced unlawfully.

The government had appealed against a high court ruling that the previous Tory home secretary, Suella Braverman, did not have the power to redefine serious disruption" as more than minor" in the law concerning when police could impose limits on protests.