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Peace protesters camping in London's historic Parliament Square Gardens have started an appeal over court orders that could lead to their eviction.
Three applications have been lodged at the Court of Appeal ahead of a 4pm deadline.
It is understood that a Lord Justice will review the papers in the case on Friday afternoon.
Mayor Boris Johnson won orders from a High Court judge on Tuesday giving him the right to evict campaigners, but Mr Justice Griffith Williams delayed their enforcement until 4pm on Friday pending any applications to the Court of Appeal for permission to challenge his ruling.
After a nine-day hearing in London, he concluded that the mayor - in deciding to exclude demonstrators from the historic site - had "directed himself correctly, considered all the relevant matters and reached a reasoned decision which cannot be criticised".
He said there was a pressing social need not to permit an indefinite camped protest on the site for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others to access all of Parliament Square Gardens and demonstrate with authorisation - but also importantly for the protection of health.
He said there was "overwhelming evidence" that the Democracy Village defendants had breached byelaws.
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One of the applications lodged is by Rebecca Hall, a student at London's South Bank University. Veteran anti-war campaigner Brian Haw is also seeking an appeal.
In his ruling, Mr Justice Griffith Williams said Mr Haw, who was not part of the Democracy Village camp, had been camping lawfully on a pavement on the eastern side of Parliament Square Gardens since 2001.
In Mr Haw's case, he concluded that an injunction was necessary as he had displayed "such intransigence" in the face of the clearest evidence that the mayor had not agreed to his occupation of any part of the grassed area of the site.
