R (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court

Subject Matter

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, s 106(1) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10, Pt II, art 3

[2012] QB 1; [2011] 2 WLR 1362