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JLM hires Deborah Lipstadt lawyer James Libson in Labour antisemitism case

James Libson, who was part of team that defended Holocaust historian, will represent organisationin in EHRC probe into party's antisemitism

May 29, 2019 14:29
Deborah Lipstadt
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: US academic Deborah Lipstadt (C) exults 11 April 2000 the High Court in London after winning a libel case brought against her and Penguin publications by British revisionist historian David Irving. Lipstadt had described Irving in her 1994 book as a "Holocaust denier" for his claims that Jews were not systematically exterminated by the Nazis during World War II. (Photo credit should read MARTYN HAYHOW/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Jewish Labour Movement has hired James Libson, the lawyer who was part of the team that defended Deborah Lipstadt against David Irving, to represent it in the Equalities and Human Rights Commission's probe into Labour antisemitism.

JLM was one of the bodies that sparked the inquiry - only the second time the EHRC has investigated a party - and 

Mr Libson was part of the Mishcon de Reya team, led by Anthony Julius, who defended Prof Lipstadt when Mr Irving sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier.

Her high-profile victory was turned into a film, Denial, in which Prof Lipstadt was played by Rachel Weiz and Mr Libson was played by Jack Lowden.