Lawyers for Lord Janner have lost a High Court bid to prevent him having to attend court tomorrow to face child abuse charges.
The former Labour peer and MP was ordered to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London in relation to 22 charges spanning a period from the 1960s to the 1980s.
His legal team says that the 87-year-old is suffering from dementia, and forcing him to attend court in person is unlawful and violates his human rights.
They wanted tomorrow's hearing halted to give him time to seek judicial review of the decision that he must attend.
Lady Justice Rafferty, sitting with Mr Justice Irwin, said the court had "unhesitatingly concluded" that the balance between the human rights of Lord Janner and "the public interest in public justice" came down in favour of his attendance in court for the brief period required by the law.
Paul Ozin, appearing for Janner, had asked the High Court to grant an order to stop a warrant being issued for the peer's arrest if he failed to attend court tomorrow.
Mr Ozin said the decision of Senior District Judge Howard Riddle, chief magistrate at Westminster, to require Janner's attendance was "irrational and perverse" and threatened to rob the peer of his dignity.
“It is barbaric, inhuman and uncivilised to expose a very vulnerable person to the experience I have alluded to, particularly when it is wholly unnecessary and serves no logical purpose,” he added.
Rejecting Janner's application, Lady Justice Rafferty said the chief magistrate "was not wrong in his decision" and his order for Janner to appear must stand.
Additional reporting by the Press Association.
