Owen Paterson sues government in EU court for damaging 'good reputation' in lobbying scandal

  • 📰 i newspaper
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 28 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 89%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

➡️ Disgraced former Tory MP Owen Paterson is suing the British Government over its ruling last year that he broke lobbying rules

Mr Paterson, who has previously denounced the “cruel world of politics” for forcing him to quit, maintains that his treatment was unfair.

Mr Paterson is suing the UK Government under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects an individual’s right to respect for their private life, family life, home and correspondence. Mr Paterson’s decision to launch legal action through the European court will come as a surprise to many, with the MP repeatedly campaigning to “set the UK free from the ECHR” during his time in Parliament.

by approaching the government on behalf of healthcare firm Randox and Northern Ireland-based company Lynn’s Country Foods.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 8. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Former Shropshire MP Owen Paterson takes Government to European court over lobbying probeFormer North Shropshire MP and ardent Brexiteer Owen Paterson is taking the Government to the European Court of Human Rights over a ruling by Parliament’s standards watchdog that he broke lobbying rules. You’d couldn’t make this up … thought brexiteers wanted nothing to do with the ECHR 🤷‍♀️ 🛎 His successor a far superior MP for sure
Source: ShropshireStar - 🏆 98. / 51 Read more »

Brexiteer former MP Owen Paterson takes government to court over lobbying scandalFormer Tory MP Owen Paterson is taking legal action against the government at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), claiming the process that found against him in a lobbying scandal breached his right to privacy. Wheres the gammons coming on to defend him? Asking a boat arriver where they come from is breaching their privacy? OK with that? What about the lockdowns?
Source: LBCNews - 🏆 75. / 59 Read more »

Owen Paterson takes UK government to European court over lobbying probeOwen Paterson, who was forced to quit as an MP after a lobbying probe, claims his right to privacy was infringed. Hopefully the EU Court will throw this out and make an example of how ridiculous such legal actions are! I suppose OP is another Tory who is 'Sorry I got caught'. These people are absolutely shameless Appealing to the very court he would deny us
Source: BBCNews - 🏆 3. / 97 Read more »

Brexiteer Owen Paterson sues government in European Court of Human Rights over 'unfair' lobbying investigationOwen Paterson, a leading Brexiteer who quit as an MP after he was embroiled in a lobbying scandal, is taking the government to the European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights is a body of the Council of Europe, and has nothing to do with the European Union. 'UK Man who hates Europe takes UK to court in Europe because UK hates Europe.' fixed that headline for you He should be locked up in Qatar
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »

Conservatives in Northern Ireland overruled over ex-chair's returnNI Conservatives who snubbed their former chairman's bid to rejoin after he quit over Boris Johnson are overruled
Source: BBCNewsNI - 🏆 95. / 52 Read more »