Parliamentary Privilege in UK Law
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Pepper (Inspector of Taxes) v Hart
... ... of the case is that in Mr Lester's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be ... I agree that the House is not inhibited by any Parliamentary privilege in deciding this appeal ... 20 I can not agree with the view that ... ...
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Office of Government Commerce v Information Commissioner
... ... 12 8. In December 2004, in a Parliamentary question, Mr Oaten asked the Home Secretary which stages of the gateway ... the Bill of Rights 1689 and the wider principle of Parliamentary privilege. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 confers no such jurisdiction ... ...
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Pickin v British Railways Board
... ... The Lord Ordinary says 'he is by no means satisfied that due parliamentary notice was given to the pursuer previous to the introduction of this last ... or testimony it requires and the extent to which Parliamentary privilege should attach. It would be impracticable and undesirable for the High ... ...
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Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
... ... issues at the trial were: the meaning of the article, qualified privilege at common law, justification, malice and damages. During the trial the ... of judicial proceedings, that fair and accurate reports of parliamentary proceedings were privileged. Cockburn C.J. observed that it was of ... ...
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R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister ; Cherry and Others v Advocate General for Scotland
... ... 2 Parliamentary sittings are normally divided into sessions, usually lasting for about a ... and not for Parliament to determine the scope of Parliamentary privilege, whether under article 9 of the Bill of Rights or matters within the ... ...
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Wilson v First County Trust Ltd (No 2)
... ... That would be inconsistent with the parliamentary intention in rendering the entire agreement unenforceable. True, the ... , and without in any other way encroaching upon parliamentary privilege by interfering in matters properly for consideration and regulation by ... ...
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Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Another v Rossminster Ltd .; Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Another v AJR Financial Services Ltd .; Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Another v Plummer .; Commissioners of Inland Revenue and Another v Tucker,
... ... do this in the context of the times, i.e., of increasing Parliamentary intervention, and of the modern power of judicial review. In my respectful ... John Wilkes by name and was decided on a point of parliamentary privilege from arrest alone. Huckle v. Money (1763) 2 Wils. K.B. 205 was a case ... ...
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Dingle v Associated Newspapers Ltd
... ... 3 In the Parliamentary Session of 1957/1958 the Manchester Corporation promoted a Private Bill ... Report itself was published on an occasion protected by absolute privilege. So also any extract or quotation from the document which appeared in a ... ...
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Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell; Cooper v Maxwell; Mirror Group Newspapers Plc v Maxwell
... ... Mr Maxwell is or is not entitled to rely on the well-known privilege against self-incrimination and consequently to refuse to answer questions ... has become a unified system of insolvency I would expect parliamentary treatment of both forms of examination to be alike in regard to the ... ...
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Prebble v Television New Zealand Ltd
... ... Parliament - Privilege - Proceedings in Parliament - Defamation action by former minister - ... questioning proceedings in Parliament - Whether infringing Parliamentary privilege - Whether action to be stayed - Bill of Rights 1689 ( 1 Will ... ...
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