Political leanings of two judges involved in Epping migrant hotel case - and who they sided with

The Appeal Court justice who ruled successful favour of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper successful the Epping migrant edifice lawsuit is simply a long-standing Labour supporter.

Lord Justice David Bean, 71, is simply a erstwhile treasurer of the Society of Labour Lawyers and chaired the left-leaning Fabian Society, which is affiliated to the Labour Party, successful 1989 and 1990.

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He was besides - with Sir Tony Blair's barrister woman Cherie - a laminitis subordinate successful 2000 of the left-wing Matrix Chambers, whose members see the existent lawyer general, Lord Hermer.

On its website, the Society of Labour Lawyers describes itself arsenic "a thinktank and affiliated socialist nine which provides ineligible and argumentation proposal to the Labour Party".

Founded successful 1948 by a aboriginal Labour lord chancellor Gerald Gardiner, it declares: "Our objectives are to lend ineligible expertise to the Labour Party and uphold the principles of justice, liberty, equality, and the regularisation of instrumentality successful the UK and astir the world.

"We counsel Labour MPs and the House of Lords; make and scrutinise argumentation and legislation; lend to statement wrong the Labour question by hosting events and discussions; and mentor aboriginal members of the ineligible profession.

"We are unfastened to Labour Party members who are besides practising oregon retired lawyers, instrumentality students oregon graduates, academics, and members of the judiciary."

The Fabian Society describes itself arsenic "a democratically governed socialist society, a Labour affiliate and 1 of the party's archetypal founders".

But Lord Justice Bean isn't the lone justice astatine the centre of the ineligible conflict implicit The Bell Hotel successful Epping, Essex, who has a governmental inheritance and affiliation.

Sir Stephen Eyre, the High Court justice who ruled successful favour of Epping Forest Council earlier this month, was a Conservative parliamentary campaigner 4 times.

His astir high-profile bid to go an MP came successful the 2004 Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election, won by existent Labour MP and erstwhile curate Liam Byrne.

Appointed a High Court justice by past Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab successful 2021, Sir Stephen was a Tory campaigner portion moving arsenic a barrister.

His archetypal effort came successful 1987, erstwhile helium stood successful Hodge Hill successful that year's wide election, coming 2nd down Labour's Terry Davis.

Then successful 1992, the twelvemonth of Sir John Major's 21-seat predetermination victory, helium stood for the Northern Ireland Conservatives successful the unionist stronghold of Strangford.

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Mr Eyre, arsenic helium past was, came 4th down the authoritative Unionists' John Taylor, with existent Democratic Unionist MP for Antrim East Sammy Wilson successful 2nd place.

In 2001, helium stood successful Stourbridge, wherever helium again came second, this clip to Labour's Debra Shipley, erstwhile helium chopped her bulk from astir 6,000 to nether 4,000.

And successful the 2004 by-election, helium came a distant 3rd arsenic Mr Byrne scraped successful by conscionable 460 votes up of the Liberal Democrats, who benefited from an Iraq warfare backlash.