UK actors union Equity has lost its long-running and much-publicized legal case against casting directory Spotlight .

Handing down a landmark judgement in the past few minutes, 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.

The pair entered London’s High Court several weeks back to fight it out following nearly two years of debate that has at times spilled out into the public sphere.

“Returning to the questions which I need to answer in this case firstly whether the Defendant is an

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