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HC 362-I
House of CommonsCulture, Media and SportCommittee
Press standards,privacy and libel
Second Report of Session 2009–10
Volume I
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HC 362-IIncorporating HC 275-i–xv, Session 2008–09
Published on 24 February 2010by authority of the House of CommonsLondon: The Stationery Office Limited£0.00
House of CommonsCulture, Media and SportCommittee
Press standards,privacy and libel
Second Report of Session 2009–10
Volume I
Report, together with formal minutes
Ordered by the House of Commonsto be printed 9 February 2010
EMBARGOED ADVANCE COPY
Not to be publishedin full, or in part, in any form before
00:01 hrs GMT on Wednesday 24 February 2010
Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee report into press standards, privacy and libel
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Sections
« prev | next »- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Privacy and breach of confidence
- Introduction
- The Human Rights Act
- Section 12 of the Act
- Section 12 in practice
- Max Mosley and the News of the World
- Is it time to legislate on privacy?
- Mr Justice Eady and privacy law
- Compulsory pre-notification
- Super-injunctions
- Breach of confidence
- 3 Libel and Press Freedom
- The development of our libel laws
- Bringing and defending a libel action in the UK
- Early hearings on meaning
- Defending libel actions – justification and the burden of proof
- Fair comment
- Privilege
- The ‘responsible journalism’ defence
- Corporations and defamation
- Jurisdiction
- The international context
- The internet and the ‘repeat publication’ rule
- Criminal libel
- Attempts to control costs
- Other inquiries
- Costs Capping
- Offer of Amends
- Hourly rates
- Conditional Fee Agreements
- 5 Press standards
- Financial pressures
- Newspaper headlines
- The case of the McCanns
- The events
- What went wrong?
- The role of the PCC
- Lessons learned?
- Suicide reporting in the media
- The case of Bridgend
- Phone-hacking and blagging
- Fresh allegations
- The Miskiw contract
- The ‘for Neville’ email
- The door-knock
- Who knew about the phone-hacking?
- The Goodman and Mulcaire settlements
- The Taylor settlement
- The actions of the police
- Operation Motorman
- Conclusions regarding phone-hacking and blagging
- 6 Self-regulation of the Press
- The Press Complaints Commission
- The PCC and fines
- The independence of the PCC
- A more proactive approach?
- The authority of the PCC
- The PCC’s statistics
- ‘Due prominence’
- The future of the PCC
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Annex
- Glossary of terms
- Appendix
- Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice
- Formal Minutes
- Witnesses
- List of written evidence
- List of unprinted written evidence
- List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
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