Overview

• Banksy claimed authorship on Instagram of a new mural on the Queen's Building exterior at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
• The image shows a judge in wig and robe raising a gavel over a protester on the ground holding a blood‑marked banner.
• Security staff swiftly covered the piece with black plastic, erected metal barriers, and posted guards with surveillance.
• HM Courts and Tribunals Service said the mural will be removed because the site is legally protected as a listed building.
• Activists read the work as a response to the government’s ban on Palestine Action, with police citing nearly 900 arrests at a weekend London protest and courts navigating an appeal over the proscription.