Barron MP and others v Collins MEP [2016] EWHC 1166 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 156 (May)
The Queen’s Division refused to stay proceedings pending a decision from the European Parliament regarding an opinion on whether defamation proceedings against the defendant Member of the European Parliament (MEP) violated the immunities enjoyed by her in her capacity as a MEP. It found that the Parliament had not “informed” the court and, therefore, the time when the court was bound to stay the proceedings had not yet arrived.
