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Tens of thousands of employment tribunal cases are launched every year – although the vast majority are settled, withdrawn or resolved before it gets to a hearing.

Ms Gabbard said in August the UK had withdrawn its demand.

Two others were denied, the DOJ said, while the rest remained pending or were withdrawn.

Now law firm CMS LLP has served the council with a legal letter on behalf of Reach, the organisation that runs the publisher, calling for the ban to be withdrawn.

Earlier this year, the state government reportedly urged the high court to set up another bench, but the letter was later withdrawn for unknown reasons.