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It is understood he believes they could reveal that meddling by opponents was behind his suspension .
Labour responded to yesterday’s ruling by saying it was ‘regrettable’ that the court’s time and party members’ money was spent on the issue, adding that it will seek to recover its costs.
Mr Corbyn was suspended in October for his comments on anti-Semitism in Labour which came less than an hour after the Equality and Human Rights Commission published a report on the problem.
His lawyers have told the High Court that his suspension was unlawful.
In November he issued a ‘public statement of clarification’, saying concerns about anti-Semitism were ‘neither “exaggerated” nor “overstated”’.
Jeremy Corbyn: Setback for ex-party leader in Labour suspension fight
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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has suffered a setback in his legal battle over his suspension from the party.
Mr Corbyn lost a bid to force Labour to disclose documents, including minutes of meetings between his allies and his successor, Sir Keir Starmer.
But a judge ruled that Mr Corbyn already had sufficient material .
In response, Labour said it looked forward to drawing a line under the matter but Mr Corbyn is still expected to pursue further legal action.
The Islington North MP was originally suspended from Labour in November when he suggested the scale of anti-Semitism in the party had been dramatically overstated by his opponents.
JEREMY CORBYN lost a bid today to force the disclosure of Labour documents ahead of his forthcoming High Court challenge to his suspension from the parliamentary party.
The former leader had applied for a “pre-action disclosure” ahead of potential legal action against Labour general secretary David Evans in order win the documents’ release.
The Islington North MP’s legal team sought the documents in the belief that they could prove that a deal had been agreed on his readmission to the party, before his successor Sir Keir Starmer refused to restore the parliamentary whip to him.
Mr Corbyn is considering legal action over his suspension from the parliamentary party, which could see him seek “an injunction to restore the whip immediately.”
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Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to force Labour to disclose documents relating to his suspension from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) ahead of potential legal action has been rejected by the High Court.
The former leader of the opposition is considering suing the party over his suspension from the PLP, which his lawyers say is unlawful and the result of “political interference”.
His lawyers sought “pre-action disclosure” of the minutes of a meeting at which Mr Corbyn claims the party agreed to reinstate him “at all levels”.
They also asked for any communications between fellow Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge – or Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews – and Mr Corbyn’s successor Sir Keir Starmer.
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Jeremy Corbyn has lost a legal fight to force Labour to hand over documents before a possible high court challenge against his suspension from the parliamentary party.
The former Labour leader’s lawyers believed the documents would help him show that an agreement to fully readmit him to the party following his suspension for downplaying antisemitism under his leadership had been reneged upon. Labour has denied in court that any such deal existed.
In a ruling on Wednesday, the judge Lisa Sullivan dismissed Corbyn’s claim, saying he already had sufficient information upon which to decide whether or not to bring a case.