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Sir Cliff Richard wins privacy case against BBC and South Yorkshire Police
18/07/2018 PRESS RELEASE: “The relationship between the media and police behind this disturbing invasion into Sir Cliff’s privacy is exactly what should be investigated in Part Two of the Leveson Inquiry” …
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A dose of reality about IPSO for Matt Hancock
By Professor Brian Cathcart (@BrianCathcart) ‘Even a cursory consideration shows it does not meet the requirements,’ says the Press Recognition Panel – after the Culture Secretary told us IPSO was…
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Dacre resignation provides no comfort to the victims of Daily Mail misconduct and alleged illegal newsgathering
06/06/2018 Paul Dacre has announced his resignation as Editor of the Daily Mail. He will become chairman and editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers. Commenting, Hacked Off Executive Director Dr Evan Harris said,…
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Victims of press abuse given green light for legal challenge to Government’s cancellation of Leveson Part Two
22/05/2018 The Judicial Review launched by the victims of press abuse to challenge the Government’s decision to suppress the completion of the Leveson Inquiry has been given permission to proceed. In giving…
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Matt Hancock makes himself ‘State Approver’ of press arbitration
By Professor Brian Cathcart (@BrianCathcart) A week ago the corporate papers were screaming blue murder about threats of state control. Yet now the government has given itself a real power over them…
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The government scuppers Leveson Part 2: is Britain’s press undermining democracy?
By Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster. Almost exactly five years ago, the veteran Guardian columnist Martin Kettle posed a question about where power lies in contemporary Britain.…
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The fight goes on: Government cave-in to press industry cover-up to be challenged at every turn
15/05/2018 This afternoon, the House of Commons voted to remove from the Data Protection Bill an amendment made in the House of Lords which would have required the Government to complete the…
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126 leading academics tell Parliament: back reforms to implement Leveson and finish the Inquiry
On the eve of the vote on Leveson amendments to the Data Protection Bill, over 100 leading academics have written to Parliamentarians urging them to back reform. Please find the letter…
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IPSO’s new “compulsory arbitration” scheme: why claimants are unlikely to use it – Evan Harris
The press industry’s consumer complaints body, IPSO, has announced a new “compulsory” arbitration scheme for national newspapers. This is the third version of the IPSO arbitration scheme. The first two versions have had no…
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IPSO and arbitration: don’t get fooled again – Brian Cathcart
After promising million-pound fines, front-page corrections and tough investigations – none of which happened – the sham regulator says it will offer ‘compulsory’ arbitration. We’d be mad to trust it As you…
