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Elections - From: 1997 To: 1997
This page lists 9 cases, and was prepared on 21 May 2019.
Regina v Secretary of State ex parte Toner and Walsh [1997] NIQB 18
1997
NIQB
Northern Ireland, Human Rights, Prisons, Elections
The claimants sought damages saying that the respondent had infringed their human rights in removing their right to vote in an election whilst serving prison sentences.
1 Citers
Regina v Secretary of State for Environment ex parte London Borough of Sutton [1997] EWCA Civ 963
7 Feb 1997
CA
Local Government, Elections
[ Bailii ]
Regina v British Broadcasting Corporation ex parte Pro-Life Alliance Party; Admn 24-Mar-1997 - [1997] EWHC Admin 316
Regina v British Broadcasting Corporation, ex parte Referendum Party; Regina v Independent Television Commission, ex parte Referendum Party [1997] EWHC Admin 406
24 Apr 1997
Admn
Lord Justice Auld and Mr Justice Popplewell
Media, Elections
The Referendum Party challenged the allocation to it of less time for election broadcasts. Under the existing agreements, having fielded over 50 candidates, they were allocated only five minutes. Held: Neither the inclusion of past electoral support as part of their general criteria for allocating party election broadcasts nor their treatment of the lack of it in this case was irrational. Both the BBC and ITV companies were under a duty to act with due impartiality. The application was dismissed.
1 Cites
[ Bailii ]
In the Matter of Representation of People Act 1983 and In the Matter of Local Government Election for Aberaman South Ward County Borough of Rhonnda Cynon Taff Held on 23Rd November 1995 [1997] EWCA Civ 1512
24 Apr 1997
CA
Elections
Representation of People Act 1983
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Regina v British Broadcasting Corporation and Another Ex Parte Referendum Party Times, 29 April 1997
29 Apr 1997
QBD
Elections
Previous electoral support is a proper consideration for granting party election broadcasts.
Russell v the Attorney General for the State of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and others [1997] UKPC 23
15 May 1997
PC
Commonwealth, Elections
(Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
[ Bailii ]
Spencer v Hoggett and Another; QBD 12-Jun-1997 - Times, 12 June 1997
Regina v British Broadcasting Corporation ex parte Bruno Febo Quintavelle (PPC for the Prolife Alliance) [1997] EWCA Civ 2531
20 Oct 1997
CA
The Master of The Rolls, Lord Woolf, Lord Justice Aldous, Lord Justice Chadwick
Elections, Media, Judicial Review
The applicant stood for Parliament, but the respondent had refused to show his party election broadcast on the grounds of its lack of taste and decency. He had sought to demonstrate the evils of abortion, and now renewed his application for leave to bring judicial review of the decision. Held: It was not arguable that the respondent's decision was perverse, and the election having passed, no further virtue was to be served by conducting a full review. Each such decision would be on its own merits.
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