The state’s top court has blocked a planned pro-Palestine march that was expected to result in tens of thousands of people descending on the Opera House forecourt on Sunday, after police warned the proposal had “disaster written all over it”.

In an urgent decision on Thursday morning , the Court of Appeal issued a prohibition order over the proposed march following an application by NSW Police to halt the rally.

Justice Stephen Free, who presided over the proceedings with Chief Justice Andrew Bell and Justice Ian Harrison, delivered a summary of the decision in court.

“The holding of the public assembly … is prohibited,” Free said.

“The Court of Appeal was unanimously of the view that given the size of the crowd likely to participate ... the public safety risk to participants and othe

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