• Public interest immunity (PII), previously known as Crown privilege, is a principle of English common law under which the English courts can grant a court...
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    Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (category Sovereign immunity)
    justiciable paved the way for the development of the modern law of public interest immunity. The act received royal assent on 31 July 1947 and came into force...
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  • processor Polaris Inc., New York Stock Exchange stock symbol PII Public-interest immunity, previously known as Crown privilege, in English common law Publisher...
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  • but such requests have been refused as these are protected by public interest immunity. Operation Tiberius Hugh Moore (police officer) "Obituary: Leonard...
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  • raised the issue of public interest immunity, the process by which information believed to be highly sensitive is kept outside the public domain. In order...
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    bound to act in the public interest under his oath of service. The government were also allowed to claim public-interest immunity for documents McBride's...
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    historic papers spanning 1972 to 1986, on which they were asserting public interest immunity (PII). The appeal had been brought by the plaintiffs and was being...
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  • released to Bamber and his legal team in 2011 after the expiry of a Public Interest Immunity order. Initially, eight issues, each containing multiple grounds...
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    Justice and Security Act 2013 (category Legal immunity)
    Prosecution Service on PII in criminal proceedings Reforming Public Interest Immunity The Use of Public Interest Immunity Claims in Criminal Cases (Dead link)...
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  • investigated for his part in the murder of Christopher. Osborne seeks public interest immunity for proceedings against Buckells, in order to prevent evidence...
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  • immunity is a legal principle of federal constitutional law that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from...
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  • secondly, the British Government submitted a Public Interest Immunity (PII) certificate. Under Public Interest Immunity (PII) claims, the information at the disposal...
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  • Physician–patient privilege Priest–penitent privilege Privilege (evidence) Public Interest Immunity Reporter's privilege Shield laws Spousal privilege State Secrets...
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  • That is why police informer anonymity is ordinarily protected by public interest immunity. But where, as here, the agency of police informer has been so...
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  • the Queen had spoken with him regarding disputed events and a public-interest immunity (PII) certificate was presented by the Crown Prosecution Service...
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  • of the 1994 investigation, the Director of Public Prosecutions implemented a 75-year public-interest immunity certificate on documents relating to the Birmingham...
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  • Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal...
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  • While in the House of Commons, he campaigned against the use of public-interest immunity certificates, and exposed the arms-dealing activities of the publisher...
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  • Admissible evidence Deliberative process privilege Privilege log Public-interest immunity Reporters' privilege Right to silence Shield law Silent witness...
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  • anything Non-disclosure agreement Prior restraint Publication ban Public Interest Immunity Rivercrabbing Super-injunction Temporary restraining order Whistleblower...
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  • at the inquest. The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, signed a public-interest immunity certificate authorising the withholding from the inquest of details...
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  • executive privilege, or as a type of executive privilege that is distinct from "presidential communications privilege". Public-interest immunity v t e...
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    Scottish Court in the Netherlands I am also concerned about the Public Interest Immunity (PII) certificate which has been issued by you in connection with...
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    declarations that the information CD proposed to disclose was subject to public interest immunity. On 11 November Gobbo was added as plaintiff. On 15 November Gobbo...
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  • Horizon data in past cases should be reviewed. He made an ex parte public interest immunity application in the trial he was working on that was due to commence...
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  • presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presumptively extends to all of a president's "official acts" – with absolute immunity for official acts...
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  • showed that while a Cabinet minister he had signed a controversial Public Interest Immunity Certificate (PIIC) in September 1992 relating to the Matrix Churchill...
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    The Admiralty successfully invoked Crown Privilege (now termed Public Interest Immunity) and blocked the disclosure of, amongst other items, 'the contract...
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  • before the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction because of a Public-Interest Immunity certificate concerning the report. Since his release, Brown has...
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  • Physician–patient privilege Priest–penitent privilege Shield laws Reporters' Privilege Spousal privilege State Secrets Privilege Public Interest Immunity...
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