Owen Paterson argued his right to privacy was breached under the European Convention of Human Rights.
A Tory former cabinet minister’s complaint over how the UK Parliament investigated his conduct has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.and faced the prospect of a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons before he quit as an MP in 2021.
The UK Government, who Mr Paterson brought his case against, argued it was for “Parliament, and not the courts, to regulate the business of Parliament, including the conduct of Members of Parliament in the discharge of their parliamentary duties”. The court said Mr Paterson has “not substantiated his more specific claims of damage to his professional relationships and his consequent financial loss”.
It added it considered Mr Paterson’s complaint under Article 8 of the convention to be “manifestly ill-founded”. “Furthermore, there was a legitimate public interest for the public to know the outcome of the parliamentary investigation into a complaint about the applicant’s conduct as an MP.”
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