The defendant had made allegations of misconduct against the plaintiff as to his actions as an MP. The plaintiff now sought by this action, in effect, to overturn the results of the resultant parliamentary inquiry.
Judges:
Judge LJ, Sirc Christopher Knox
Citations:
[1998] EWCA Civ 1830
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
See Also – Hamilton v Al Fayed CA 26-Mar-1999
A member of Parliament was able to proceed with an action for defamation in respect of matters of which he had been criticised by the appropriate committee in Parliament. The trial would not impeach Parliament though retrying the issues. Lord Woolf . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Defamation, Constitutional
Updated: 30 May 2022; Ref: scu.145309
