Roberts And Roberts v The United Kingdom: ECHR 5 Jul 2011

(Admissibility) The claimants, members of the British Nation Party, had complained of defamation by other elements of the BNP as regards te circumstances of the theft of the proceeds of a meeting being stolen from their home. The claim had been dismissed as reportage of a politicalk event with Reynolds privilege: ‘libel litigation is not the conduct of political vendettas by other means.’
Held: The applicants had faied to exhaust the domestic remedies available and the case was declared inadmissible.

Judges:

Lech Garlicki, P

Citations:

38681/08, [2011] ECHR 1220

Links:

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Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 6.1

Human Rights, Defamation, Media

Updated: 19 September 2022; Ref: scu.443792