Philip Green fails in attempt to challenge UK parliamentary privilege

Parliament will be relieved Philip Green has lost his human rights case

In a decision that will be welcomed by many in Parliament today, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed a claim by prominent businessman Sir Philip Green. Green had argued that his right to a private life and a fair trial had been infringed when a Labour Peer, Peter Hain, made a statement on the

ThePatriotLight - Sir Philip Green Loses Strasbourg Case Over Naming in Parliament

ThePatriotLight - The former Arcadia Group chairman took a case to the European Court of Human Rights over the use of parliamentary privilege.Sir Philip Green’s human rights were not breached when he was named in Parliament as the holder of an injunction against The Telegraph newspaper, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.The former Arcadia Group chairman took a case to Strasbourg over the use of parliamentary privilege to make informat…

Sir Philip Green Loses Strasbourg Case Over Naming in Parliament

Sir Philip Green’s human rights were not breached when he was named in Parliament as the holder of an injunction against The Telegraph newspaper, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The former Arcadia Group chairman took a case to Strasbourg over the use of parliamentary privilege to make information subject to injunctions public. Green previously obtained a court injunction preventing The Telegraph from publishing allegations of misco…

Parliamentary free speech upheld as Philip Green loses ECHR challenge

In a significant ruling for parliamentary free speech, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dismissed a legal challenge by Sir Philip Green aimed at curtailing the right of MPs and peers to disclose protected information under the longstanding shield of parliamentary privilege.The retail tycoon brought the case after Lord Hain used the protection of privilege in 2018 to name him in the House of Lords as the businessman behind allegatio…

'Bullying' Sir Philip Green loses human rights court case over 'Me Too scanda...

Retail tycoon Sir Philip Green's battle for privacy has ended in a humiliating European Court of Human Rights defeat.

Philip Green fails in attempt to challenge UK parliamentary privilege

European court rules human rights convention was not violated after Lord Hain linked former Arcadia chair to sexual misconduct allegations