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Animal Defenders International, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport: Admn 4 Dec 2006

The court was asked ‘whether a domestic statutory prohibition of political advertising on television and radio violated the human right of would-be political advertisers to freedom of expression through those media. ‘
Held: A declaration of incompatibility was refused. Certificate for leapfrog appeal to House of Lords granted.

Judges:

Auld LJ and Ouseley J

Citations:

[2006] EWHC 3069 (Admin), [2007] EMLR 158

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Communications Act 2003 321

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

Appeal fromAnimal Defenders International, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport HL 12-Mar-2008
The applicant, a non-profit company who campaigned against animal cruelty, sought a declaration of incompatibility for section 321(2) of the 2003 Act, which prevented adverts with political purposes, as an unjustified restraint on the right of . .
At first instanceAnimal Defenders International v United Kingdom ECHR 27-Jan-2011
Statement of facts . .
At First InstanceAnimal Defenders International v The United Kingdom ECHR 22-Apr-2013
ECHR (Grand Chamber) Article 10-1
Freedom of expression
Refusal of permission for non-governmental organisation to place television advert owing to statutory prohibition of political advertising: no . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Media, Human Rights

Updated: 26 July 2022; Ref: scu.246759

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