Privilege Accorded to Parliament in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • R v Derby Magistrates' Court, ex parte B
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Junio 1995
    ... ... questions concerning legal professional privilege and the scope of section 97 of the Magistrates' ... whatever inroads may have been made by Parliament in other areas, legal professional privilege is a ... reflects, to the extent to which it is accorded, the paramountcy of this public interest over a ... ...
  • R (Daly) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Mayo 2001
    ... ... report of the inquiry, presented to Parliament in December 1994 (Cm 2741) , revealed extensive ... at any stage to legal professional privilege or confidentiality. The policy was introduced to ... to be directed to the relative weight accorded to interests and considerations. Thirdly, even ... ...
  • R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister ; Cherry and Others v Advocate General for Scotland
    • Supreme Court
    • 24 Septiembre 2019
    ... ... Queen on 27th or 28th August 2019 that Parliament should be prorogued from a date between 9th and ... Of course, the Government must be accorded a great deal of latitude in making decisions of ... to determine the scope of Parliamentary privilege, whether under article 9 of the Bill of Rights or ... ...
  • Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 Julio 1998
    ... ... important issues as to qualified privilege, and a further cross-appeal relating to costs ... section 10 of the Defamation Act 1952, Parliament enacted as follows:- "A defamatory ... is downgraded, and no weight is accorded to the circumstantial test which, by exclusion of ... ...
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Legislation
  • Consular Relations Act 1968
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 1968
    ... ... (including any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland) ;“grave crime” shall be ... 17 to any privileges and immunities accorded by customary international law or by ... 67 shall be construed as granting any privilege or immunity which they require to be granted ... ...
  • Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 1964
  • State Immunity Act 1978
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 1978
  • International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act 1950
    • UK Non-devolved
    • 1 de Enero de 1950
    ... ... Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as ... that behalf and that no immunity or privilege is conferred upon ... any person as the ... and premises occupied as offices as is accorded in respect of the official archives and premises ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
  • The Future of Legal Professional Privilege
    • No. 3-2, March 1999
    • International Journal of Evidence & Proof, The
    ... ... to run this argument is not to suggest that the judiciary and Parliament are engaged in an informal conspiracy to undermine this long-standing rule ... English adversarial procedure, the expert's report could only be accorded privilege if the care proceedings were adversarial in nature. Lord ... ...
  • The Privileges Committees of the Australian Parliament
    • No. 6-2, June 1975
    • Federal Law Review
    ... ... is necessary to say something about parliamentary privilege. The idea that parliamentarians have certain privileges not accorded to other men may be traced back to the early years of ... ...
  • Parliamentary Privilege and the Bill of Rights
    • No. 21-5, September 1958
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... restricted character of ministerial responsibility to Parliament for the activities of thc boards administering nationalised ... considers the degree of legal protection at present accorded to M.P.s to conform with the require- ments of public policy ... ...
  • Contempt of Parliament — Instrument of Politics or Law?
    • No. 3-2, June 1969
    • Federal Law Review
    ... ... It deals at length with the whole question of parliamentary privilege. 1 The three proceedings mentioned warrant examination in some ... if it considered it was not made after a hearing that accorded with the principles of natural justice, if there was an error of ... ...
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