Former barrister faces prison

Climate campaigner admits breaking court embargo in protest at forthcoming ruling

A former barrister faces prison today following an unprecedented hearing by three justices of the UK Supreme Court, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

Tim Crosland is accused by the attorney general Michael Ellis QC MP of deliberately disclosing the outcome of a ruling by the Supreme Court a day before it was delivered.

Judgments are routin…