单词 | public interest immunity |
释义 | > as lemmaspublic interest immunity public interest immunity n. Law (in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries) a principle whereby the government may request that sensitive documents are not used as evidence in a trial, on the grounds that to do so would be against the public or national interest. ΚΠ 1979 All Eng. Law Rep. 3 731 The judge..wrongly exercised his discretion when he refused to inspect unless public policy (of which public interest immunity is a manifestation) required him to refuse. 1982 Canada Supreme Court Rep. 2 690/1 Any testimony under oath..would result in a violation of Crown privilege (or public interest immunity). 1999 A. Tomkins in M. Sunkin & S. Payne Nature of Crown vii. 171 Public interest immunity (PII) has become both controversial and newsworthy in recent years as a result of the government's extended use of PII in the context of criminal trials, most notably in the collapsed Matrix Churchill prosecution. < as lemmas |
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