Sir Philip Green fails in attempt to challenge UK parliamentary privilege

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Sir Philip Green failed in his experience, challenges the use of British parliamentary benefits in the House of Lords to connect the former Topshop owner in 2018.

Green, who lives in Monaco, has filed a privacy of the European Court of Human Rights, which could undermine the ability of British deputies and peers to find secret details.

In 2018, the House of Lords House Ter Peter Hin used a parliamentary privilege for the name Green Because the businessman is accused of trying to use unexplored contracts for silence who accused him of sexual harassment and violence. Green has denied allegations.

On Tuesday morning, the European Court did not unanimous that the British did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights, avoiding controversial interference in Strasbourg.

The court found that it should remain in individual states, and in particular the British parliament decides to prevent parliamentary members from revealing the information to be privacy.

It added that “otherwise finding the opposite of the principle of autonomy of the parliament, which has already considered and rejected the need for further control.”

The parliamentary privilege poses the deputies and peers to freedom of speech, as well as to report the media to report what they say without fear of fear.

Green, Topshop and his parent company, Arcadia Group, have restored labor and potential work proceedings with former employees, all parties must maintain complaints and regulation information.

In July 2018, they turned to a high court, for instruction, preventing their identity and the facts of accusations. But after the publication of the story about the “famous business”, without green, hey took the floor to say that it was under its “parliamentary privilege” as the name of the individual.

Discovery by other former employees raised demands and coverage of the media on the alleged activities of green. The former retail Tycoon pursued an expensive privacy against Telegraph newspaper only to leave it when it happened to the trial.

Green is one of Britain’s best known businessmen. He was often called the “King of High Street”, the shoulders rub the model Kate Moss, on the height of the popularity of the tops and later knight.

As well as Arcadia, which belong to Topshop and other MID market fashion networks, including Burton and Dorothy Perkins, Green also belongs to department store stores. In 2005, Arkady paid 1.2 billion pounds, Green’s wife’s tax dividend, a registered business owner.

However, Grace’s decline from Grace has been widely documented, since now has now sold the Defunct BHS network in 2015 Dominique Chapel, Serial Bankruptcy without retail experience.

His Arcadia Empire passed through the early days of the pupil, failed to adapt to online purchases, making it the highest profile retail collapse in recent years.

Green has not immediately responded to a comment request.