News Summary

• UK actors union Equity has lost its long-running and much-publicized legal case against casting directory Spotlight.
• Judge Catherine Howells dismissed Equity’s claim that Spotlight should be classed as an “employment agency” and should therefore only be able to charge fees that would “be no more than a reasonable estimate of the cost of production” Had Equity won, there would have been significant ramifications for Spotlight, its business and the wider industry.
• Equity said it is considering appealing and will wait to hear from the Labour government and wider trade union movement.