Protesters hail legal victory over fracking firm's injunction

Appeal court judges rule in favour of campaigners against 'draconian' Ineos injunction

Campaigners have hailed a legal victory against a multinational company that took out a "draconian and anti-democratic" injunction against protesters.

On Wednesday, three court of appeal judges ruled in favour of activists who wanted to overturn the wide-ranging injunction that had been granted to the petrochemicals business Ineos, which is owned by Britain's richest man, Jim Ratcliffe, and aspires to become a leading fracking company.