Press Freedom at Risk in Britain

Press Freedom at Risk in Britain

In a country governed by the rule of law, the independence of the press is a constitutional necessity. It is fundamental to the continued exercise, indeed the survival, of the liberties that we sometimes take for granted. This might sound like the opening of a self-interested piece of special pleading on behalf of the newspaper industry, but these are, in fact, the words of the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge. In a speech last year, he set out his thoughts on the future of press regulation in the context of the Leveson Inquiry, which had just got under way at the time.

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