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.
Judges:
The Master of The Rolls, Lord Woolf, Lord Justice Aldous, Lord Justice Chadwick
Citations:
[1997] EWCA Civ 2531, (1998) 10 Admin LR 425
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Regina v British Broadcasting Corporation ex parte Pro-Life Alliance Party Admn 24-Mar-1997
The complainant sought leave to present a judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to transmit his party election broadcast on the grounds of its absence of taste and decency.
Held: The decision that the offending parts of the transmission . .
Cited by:
Cited – Willers v Joyce and Another (Re: Gubay (Deceased) No 1) SC 20-Jul-2016
Parties had been involved in an action for wrongful trading. This was not persisted with but the claimant sought damages saying that the action was only part of a campaign to do him harm. This appeal raised the question whether the tort of malicious . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Elections, Media, Judicial Review
Updated: 09 November 2022; Ref: scu.142929
