Karen Bradley, our newish secretary for culture, media and sport, has an infernal December dilemma to solve. No, not the relatively simple business of seeing Rupert gobble all Sky TV. She’s over halfway through her 10-week consultation on the future of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act: the currently dormant provisions that could land an outraged press with the full, crippling costs of libel actions even when they win. Does she stick or does she twist? Read the full article
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Karen Bradley, our newish secretary for culture, media and sport, has an infernal December dilemma to solve. No, not the relatively simple business of seeing Rupert gobble all Sky TV. She’s over halfway through her 10-week consultation on the future of section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act: the currently dormant provisions that could […]
11 Dec 16
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