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Construction blacklisting risks being inadequately scrutinised by the undercover policing inquiry after a key expert was barred from giving oral evidence, a union has claimed.

Dave Smith, a blacklisted construction worker and secretary of the Blacklist Support Group (BSG), had applied for a judicial review to overturn a decision not to hear from him in the third phase of the Spycops inquiry.

However, earlier this month the High Court rejected his bid.

“Our concern is it (blacklisting of construction workers) will not be dealt with properly,” a Unite the Union spokesperson told Construction News after the decision.

Smith’s lawyers had previously argued that he was the only person who has “the knowledge or expertise to challenge the police narrative” on blacklisting in the industry.

Unite is one of more than 100 signatories, including the TUC, GMB, and blacklisted workers, who have sent an open letter to the inquiry’s chair, Sir John Mitting, following the High Court’s decision.

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