Cases

Hamilton v Fayed

Issue

On appeal to the House of Lords the only issue was whether the defamation action was in potential breach of parliamentary privilege. This turned on whether the individual Member of Parliament, by a waiver under 13 of the 1996 Act could enable the court to entertain evidence and investigate the conduct of a Member of Parliament or other participant in parliamentary proceedings or whether Parliament as a whole retained a privilege that could not be waived by the individual Member.

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