Lord Justice Bean said that the High Court judge in this case had not considered the broader implications of siding with the council. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

Asylum seekers will be allowed to stay at a hotel in Epping, after the Court of Appeal overturned a previous ruling from the High Court.

The decision from the second highest court in the UK means that the 138 men currently housed at The Bell Hotel in the Essex town can stay put.

Earlier in August, Epping Forest District Council – a Conservative-run local authority – was granted an interim injunction, which was meant to kick in from September.

The Home Office has described the injunction as a “dangerous precedent” to set, with the legal challenge opening the door to other councils trying the same thing.

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