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PRIVILEGE
JOHN HEMMING AND WITHERS LLP NINTH REPORT OF SESSION 2009-10 REPORT AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE, TOGETHER WITH FORMAL MINUTES |
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Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
021554420X |
ISBN 13: |
9780215544209 |
Publisher: |
TSO |
Pub. date: |
25 February, 2010 |
Series: |
House of Commons Papers Session 2009-10, 373 |
Pages: |
50 |
Synopsis: |
A complaint was made by John Hemming (MP for Birmingham, Yardley) that an email dated 4 August 2009 from a firm of solicitors, Withers LLP, sought to intimidate him in his Parliamentary conduct and that this was a contempt of the House. The email threatened Mr Hemming with legal proceedings in respect of statements he had made outside the House concerning their client's behaviour, were he to repeat those statements in the House. The Committee finds that the email was a clear contempt of the House, repeated and compounded on subsequent dates. An opportunity to withdraw was not taken by Withers LLP and it was only when they consulted legal counsel that they accepted they had erred and apologised unreservedly to Mr Hemming and to the House. The Committee is surprised that a firm of the standing of Withers LLP should have taken so long to understand the scope of Parliamentary privilege. But in the light of the apology received, and as it has long been accepted that the House should assert its privileges sparingly, the Committee makes no recommendation for further action. |
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UK |
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Stationery Office Books |
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Non-returnable |
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