Finch and another v Richardson [2008] EWHC 3067 (QB); [2008] WLR (D) 389
“For the purposes of provisions in the Representation of the People Act 1983 in relation to illegal practices and to errors or false statements in declarations, ignorance of the law could constitute ‘inadvertence’ so as to provide an excuse for such errors and statements.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2008
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