Brexit: Boris Johnson £350m claim case thrown out by judgesThe High Court has thrown out an attempt to prosecute Boris Johnson over claims he lied during the 2016 referendum campaign by saying the UK gave the EU £350m a week.
The Tory leadership hopeful challenged a summons to attend court on three claims of misconduct in public office.
His lawyers said he denied acting improperly or dishonestly.
Marcus Ball, the campaigner who brought the private prosecution, said the matter was "not over".
He crowdfunded more than £300,000 to bring the case.
Mr Johnson, a former Foreign Secretary, was handed a summons to attend Westminster Magistrates' Court on 29 May.
'Vexatious prosecution'But at a High Court hearing in London, Lady Justice Rafferty and Mr Justice Supperstone overturned this decision.
Addressing Mr Johnson's barrister, Adrian Darbishire QC, Lady Justice Rafferty said: "We are persuaded, Mr Darbishire, so you succeed, and the relief that we grant is the quashing of the summonses."
Speaking outside court, Mr Ball said he had spent more than the £300,000 he raised on the case, leaving him in "massive debt".
In a statement, he later added that he would "keep fighting".
Some people just don't know when to throw in the towel.. lalalala "massive debt" indeed
