“Alternative voting referendum could be on a different day from 5 May elections according to a House of Lords amendment.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Phil Woolas has lost his election court challenge but the decision shines a light on an obscure part of the constitutional system.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Phil Woolas has given up his battle against becoming the first MP for almost a century to lose his seat for lying about an opponent.”
The Independent, 4th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“It was not open to a petitioner to an election court to seek an order for costs under s 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 against the respondent’s political party and its local party association who had not been parties to the petition. Once the election commissioner had made a final order for costs and dealt with all aspects of the petiton under the Representation of the People Act 1983 he did not have the authority to re-open a decision as to costs and consider making an order against a third party.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The UK must introduce laws allowing prisoners to vote within six months or face severe legal and financial penalties, the European court of human rights has warned.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three High Court judges considering former Labour MP Phil Woolas’s bid to overturn his ban from politics have reserved judgement.”
BBC News, 17th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A referendum on whether to ditch the first-past-the-post voting system will go ahead next May after Labour peers failed narrowly in an attempt to derail the Government’s timetable.”
The Independent, 16th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas will begin a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he should be banned from politics for three years.”
BBC News, 16th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Watkins v Woolas [2010] EWHC 2702 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 288
“S 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which imposed the penalties for an election candidate found guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice, was compatible with the right to freedom of expression contained in art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The interference with the right to freedom of expression by s 106 and the penalties imposed for breach of that section were proportionate to the legitimate aim of the section.”
WLR Daily, 12th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A collection of peers has criticised the government’s proposed constitutional changes, concluding that the reforms will strengthen the executive’s grip on parliament.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government plans for a referendum in May on changing the voting system could be at risk if peers vote later to refer them to a Lords committee.”
BBC News, 15th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Electoral Commission is set on a collision course with the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, after he dismissed calls for a law change to ensure last-minute voters are not turned away at the polls.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A byelection to select a new MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth has been put on hold pending the outcome of an attempt by Phil Woolas, who won the seat for Labour in May, to overturn a court decision ruling his election void.”
The Guardian, 8th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former immigration minister Phil Woolas lost his seat as an MP today after an election court ruled that he knowingly made false statements about an opponent in May’s general election.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Phil Woolas faces being thrown out of parliament when two High Court judges rule on whether to overturn a general election result in his Oldham constituency and order a re-run.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Convicted child killer Peter Chester today takes his groundbreaking fight for the right to vote to the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Coalition set to confirm it is ready to change law to remove voting ban on more than 70,000 inmates of British jails.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today (27 October) I am talking to ex-government lawyer Carl Gardner about the ‘Votes for Prisoners’ issue and two key cases on the matter United Kingdom v Hirst and the Frodl decision.”
Charon QC, 27th October 2010
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The government can equivocate no longer, it is legally obliged to remove the blanket ban on voting behind bars.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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