A LEADING barrister won a Court of Appeal bid today over a contempt of court allegation from his closing speech in a Palestine Action criminal damage trial.Rajiv Menon was accused of misleading the jury and ignoring the trial judge’s directions when representing one of six activists who invaded the British site of Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems in January.Three Court of Appeal judges have ruled in Mr Menon’s favour, finding that trial judge Mr Justice Johnson did not have the power to refer the contempt allegation directly to the High Court.