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.