‘Tommy Robinson is not my client’, says Manchester Jewish lawyer

He is also a regular blogger whose biog states he is “active in  representing groups fighting antisemitism and opposing BDS.”

When asked about his appearance in the video alongside the former EDL leader Mr Festenstein, founder of Manchester-based RHF Solicitors said: “I was interviewed by Mr Robinson in connection with a matter where I am instructed by a client who has a potential dispute with Sunderland City Council. Mr Robinson is not my client and I have no association with him.”

Asked about the Board’s statement on Mr Robinson, Mr Festenstein said: “I fully support the Board’s views.”

The Jewish Human Rights Watch organisation was established in 2015 and has engaged in high-profile campaigns against antisemitism and the BDS movement.

Mr Festenstein is listed as one of four directors of the group – and the sole director of a second Jewish Human Rights Watch Education Ltd company formed in May.

A Board of Deputies spokesperson said: “The Board of Deputies is reviewing this matter. We made a clear statement on our position on Tommy Robinson earlier in the week, where we said, ‘Tommy Robinson’s record of anti-Muslim provocation means that he could never be a partner of a respectable or mainstream Jewish organisation’."