Warsama v Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Subject Matter

PARLIAMENT — Privilege — Proceedings in Parliament — Parliamentary Privilege – Separation of Powers – Immunity - Jurisdiction of Court - Human Rights – Public Authority – Child Abuse – Inquiry Report – Motion for an Unopposed Return — Bill of Rights 1689 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, arts 6, 8

[2018] EWHC 1461 (QB), QBD

HUMAN RIGHTS — Public authority — Functions of public nature — Non-statutory inquiry into serious allegations of child sex abuse publishing report critical of whistle-blowers — Whistle-blowers bringing claim for damages for breach of Convention rights — Whether inquiry panel “public authority” — Whether inquiry performing public function — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6

[2020] EWCA Civ 142; [2020] QB 1076; [2020] 3 WLR 351; [2020] 4 All ER 486; [2020] WLR (D) 83, CA

PARLIAMENT — Privilege — Proceedings in Parliament — Inquiry report published in House of Commons following Motion for an Unopposed Return — Claimants bringing claim on basis report breaching Convention rights — Whether report “proceedings in Parliament” — Whether Parliamentary privilege applying — Whether claims to be struck out — Bill of Rights 1688 (1 Will & Mary, sess 2, c 2), art 9

[2020] EWCA Civ 142; [2020] QB 1076; [2020] 3 WLR 351; [2020] 4 All ER 486; [2020] WLR (D) 83, CA

Appellate History

Commentary

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