The parliament's corporate body has been trying to have the nearby camp removed.
The members of a so called “independence camp” at the Scottish Parliament have won a reprieve in a legal battle to have them evicted from outside Holyrood.
Judge Lord Turnbull ruled that the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body cannot yet force the indie campaigners to leave parliament grounds.
In a written judgement issued at the Court of Session, Lord Turnbull wrote that he couldn’t give the corporate body permission to evict the campers.
He said that to do so may breach Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights – the right to freedom of expression.
It may also breach article 11 – the right to freedom to assemble.
The judge has ordered that a further hearing should take place at the Edinburgh court to assess whether the campers rights would be breached if they were evicted.
But Lord Turnbull – who heard legal submissions from representatives from the Sovereign Indigenous Peoples of Scotland in March – urged campaigners to seek legal representation ahead of the new hearing.
