A group of pro-Palestine students at the London School of Economics (LSE) have lost the first stage of an ongoing legal battle over a protest encampment they set up inside a building at the university. The demonstrators had started the sit-in back in May at LSE’s Marshall Building – prompting the institution to pursue legal routes to turf them out at the start of this month. LSE had sought a court order to force the students to disband the encampment – and now, District Judge Kevin Moses has issued an interim possession order requiring the group to leave the premises within 24 hours once it is…
