Finch and another v Richardson – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2008 in elections, expenses, law reports, local government by sally

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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