Regina (Perinpanathan) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court and Another
Court of Appeal
“Magistrates were entitled not to order the police to pay the costs of a claimant who had successfully defended a forfeiture case on the ground that the police had reasonably and properly brought the proceedings in the public interest.”
The Times, 2nd March 2010
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“A magistrates’ court exercising its discretion under s 64(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 ‘to make an order for costs … as it thinks just and reasonable’ in relation to forfeiture proceedings successfully defended was entitled to refuse to order the police to pay the costs on the ground that they had acted honestly, properly and reasonably in bringing and continuing the proceedings in the public interest.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2010
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“Once an impermissible donation had been made to a registered political party and the party had not returned it a magistrates’ court should on an application by the Electoral Commission normally exercise its discretion under section 58(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 to order forfeiture of an amount equal to the value of the donation.”
WLR Daily, 19th October 2009
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R (Perinpanathan) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court; [2009] WLR (D) 92
“In exercising its power under s 64(1) Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 to make ‘such order as to costs … as it thinks just and reasonable’ a magistrates’ court was entitled, when dismissing forfeiture proceedings, to take into account its view that the application had reasonably been made.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2009
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“There was no presumption that impermissible donations to a registered political party should be forfeited under s 58(2) of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 unless there were good reasons not to do so.”
WLR Daily, 27th January 2009
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“The High Court has granted an appeal against a ruling that UKIP should forfeit only a fraction of £367,697 it received in ‘impermissible donations’.”
BBC News, 22nd January 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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