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The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011. A series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012.
The Leveson Inquiry spent more than a year gathering evidence and hearing witnesses. It examined media law, regulation, and freedom of expression. It probed the relations journalists have with politicians, with celebrities, with the police, with the people who own the media and with the general public. The result was a huge resource shedding ...
The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press was the most public and wide-ranging inquiry of its kind in British history – a reflection of the central role of news and journalism in modern society.
The Leveson Inquiry was set up to examine the ‘culture, practices and ethics of the press’ in the UK. The trigger for the Inquiry was the revelation that News of the World reporters hacked the phone of 13-year-old murder victim Milly Dowler, and that case was examined closely in evidence.
On 17 October 2011, following hearings on 28 September 2011 and 4 October 2011, Lord Justice Leveson ruled on the role of the assessors to the Inquiry. These Assessor Protocol outlines the role of the assessors and how they will support the Chairman.
Nov 29, 2012 · Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He slammed newspapers for revealing his son has cystic fibrosis, saying he had not sanctioned the reports.
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Jun 11, 2012 · Gordon Brown denies giving Sun permission to run story on his son, and other highlights of today's evidence. By Josh Halliday
