Boris Johnson has won a High Court challenge against a court summons to face allegations of misconduct in a public office over claims made during the referendum campaign that the EU receives £350 million a week from the UK.

The claims were disputed during the referendum campaign and voters could choose to ignore them, the High Court heard earlier.

Giving the court's decision, Lady Justice Rafferty, sitting with Mr Justice Supperstone, said: "We are persuaded, Mr Darbishire, so you succeed, and the relief that we grant is the quashing of the summonses."

Lawyers for Boris Johnson told senior judges the MP, who is currently the front runner in the Conservative Party leadership contest, he denied acting improperly or dishonestly when campaigning to leave the EU ahead of the historic 2016 vote.

The former foreign secretary challenged a summons for him to attend Westminster Magistrates' Court, where campaigner Marcus Ball was attempting to prosecute him for three allegations of misconduct in public office.