Britain's elections watchdog misled the High Court during an ongoing dispute over the legality of a donation made by the official pro-Brexit campaign group during the 2016 referendum, two judges have ruled.
A judgment issued last week said that a statement by the Electoral Commission was "misleading" in "asserting that it had never given advice that Vote Leave could lawfully make the donation it did."
The case relates to funds worth around £620,000, which were offered by Vote Leave to BeLeave, a separate group run by Darren Grimes, then a student activist. Mr Grimes asked for the money to be paid directly to AggregateIQ (AIQ), a Canadian IT company that carried out online targeted advertising...