Federal Appeal Court ‘misunderstood the purpose’ of parliamentary privilege in expenses case: lawyer

By Ian Burns ( March 1, 2019, 9:03 AM EST) -- The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled the proceedings of an internal body of the House of Commons is protected by parliamentary privilege in a case involving the expenses of a number of members of Parliament, a decision the MPs’ lawyer is pledging to bring to the Supreme Court to get a final answer on what he calls a fundamental issue of constitutional law....