An apology. I was led to believe that Labour’s NCC had been restricted to appeals on procedural grounds only; on a more serious reading of the rules, it would seem this is not so. Appeals can be lodged on the grounds that the NEC exceeded it powers by taking a decision other than one authorised by rules. This includes the constraint below,
There is sufficient evidence in documentary or other recorded form to reasonably conclude that the charge is proven and justify the sanction proposed;
Labour’s Rules 2020 C6.I.b.iii (P.24)
So an appeal can be lodged on the grounds that the evidence does not reasonably support the determined sanction.
Point of Order, Chair! The speaker is talking bollocks. …