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UK Actors Union Equity Enters High Court For Landmark Legal Action Against Spotlight, While A Campaign Over Agents’ Commission Kicks Off
Equity & Spotlight have entered the High Court for landmark legal action against casting platform fees, while Equity is taking on agency commission.
Tomorrow, top officials from the 50,000-strong union will begin a two-day High Court battle in London that could radically alter the landscape for how British actors obtain work. Speaking on a Spotlight podcast earlier this month, CEO Matt Hood said the firms’ fees rose 9% below inflation between 2010 and 2025, although he stressed that costs have increased over this period. Equity is in the process of “investigating” ways to permanently remove the exemption that allows actors to be paid these below minimum wage-fees, while it will soon kickstart a “public awareness” campaign on the matter.
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