substantial injustice".

The decision to reject their cases was met with cries of protest by supporters of the men sitting in the public gallery at the Court of Appeal.

The test cases

Tyler Burton and Nicholas Terrelonge, who received life sentences for the murder of Ashley Latty

Asher Johnson, his brother Lewis, Reece Garwood and Jerome Green, who were given life sentences for the murder of Thomas Cudjoe

John Hore, who received a life sentence for the murder of Anthony Duffy in May 2014

Javed Miah, Rubel Miah, Mohammed Hussain and Fahim Khan, who were given life sentences for the murder of Isaac Stone in January 2014

Michael Hall, who received a life sentence in September 2007 for the murder of Andrew Ayres and violent disorder

Queba Moises, who was convicted in February 2016 of woundingJordan Joseph with intent to do grievous bodily harm and having a bladed article in a public place

The campaign group Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGBA) said families of those convicted under the law had been left in tears by the decision.

Group co-founder Jan Cunliffe said: "Some of the families were very, very distraught and left the court room in tears.

"I'm feeling numb, but we're determined to carry on, we're not going to stop."

She said the group was taking advice about the possibility of challenging the judgement in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court ruling applies to England, Wales, Northern Ireland and most UK overseas common law territories but not Scotland, which has its own rules on joint enterprise.

At the time, campaigners said the change would make the