The Weekly Law Reports
[2011] 2 WLR 1362
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Woolas)
v
Parliamentary Election Court
[2010] EWHC 3169 (Admin)
2010 Nov 16,
17;
Dec 3
Dec 3
Thomas LJ, Tugendhat, Nicola Davies JJ
Parliament— Election— Illegal practice— Successful parliamentary candidate making false statements of fact relating to rival candidate in election leaflets— Parliamentary election court finding candidate guilty of illegal practice and declaring election void— Whether determination of election court on issue of law amenable to judicial review— Whether statements “in relation to personal character or conduct” of rival candidate— Relevance of Convention rights—
Representation of the People Act 1983 (c 2), s 106(1)
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10, Pt II, art 3